Richard Lumley, 12th Earl of Scarbrough

Richard Aldred Lumley, 12th Earl of Scarbrough ( born December 5, 1932 † 23 March 2004 Sandbeck House in Rotherham ), was a British peer and politician. Between 1945 and 1969, he was known by the courtesy title Viscount Lumley.

He was the son of Lawrence Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough and Katherine Isobel McEwen. With the death of his father in 1969 he inherited his title of nobility in addition to the time associated seat in the House of Lords. The House of Lords Act 1999, he lost his hereditary seat in Parliament.

From 1996 to 2004 he was Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire.

In 1970 he married Lady Elizabeth Anne Ramsay, eldest daughter of Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie. With her he had a daughter and three sons:

• Rose Frederica Lily Lumley
• Richard Osbert Lumley, 13th Earl of Scarbrough ( b. 1973 )
• Frederick Henry Lumley (* 1975, † 1975)
• Thomas Henry Lumley ( b. 1980 )

At his death in 2004, his eldest son, Richard, Osbert inherited his title.