deaths
December 17, 1721
Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1640)
Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough
Lieutenant-General Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough was an English Army officer and Whig politician best known for his role in the Glorious Revolution.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is a ministerial office in the Government of the United Kingdom. Excluding the prime minister, the chancellor is the highest ranking minister in the Cabinet Office, immediately after the prime minister, and senior to the Minister for the Cabinet Office. The role includes as part of its duties the administration of the estates and rents of the Duchy of Lancaster.