John
Lumley-Savile, 8th Earl of Scarbrough (18
July 1788 – 29 October 1856), styled Viscount Lumley between
1832 and 1835, was a British peer and politician. Scarbrough was the son
of John
Lumley-Savile, 7th Earl of Scarbrough, Prebend of York, younger son
of Richard Lumley, 4th Earl of Scarbrough and Barbara,
sister and heiress of Sir George Savile, 8th
Baronet. His mother was Anna Maria, daughter of Julines Hering. He
was educated at St John's College,
Cambridge. In 1836 he assumed by Royal licence the additional
and principal surname of Savile. Scarbrough was returned to Parliament
for Nottinghamshire in
1826, a seat he held until 1832, when the constituency was abolished. He then
sat for Nottinghamshire North until 1835, when he succeeded his
father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords. He also served as Lord Lieutenant of
Nottinghamshire from 1839 to 1856.