General Henry Lumley was a British soldier and Governor of Jersey.

He was the second son of John Lumley and Mary Compton, and younger brother of Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough

Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough

Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough was an English soldier and statesman best known for his role in the Glorious Revolution.-Origins:...

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He was promoted captain

Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)

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 in The Queen's Regiment of Horse

1st King's Dragoon Guards

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 on 13 June 1685, and served with the regiment during the War of the Grand Alliance

War of the Grand Alliance

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, becoming noted for courage. On 10 August 1692, he was promoted colonel

Colonel

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 of the regiment, replacing Sir John Lanier, killed at the Battle of Steenkerque

Battle of Steenkerque

The Battle of Steenkerque was fought on August 3, 1692, as a part of the Nine Years' War. It resulted in the victory of the French under Marshal François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg against a joint English-Scottish-Dutch-German army under Prince William of Orange...

, and again to brigadier-general in 1693. He fought at the Battle of Landen

Battle of Landen

The Battle of Landen , in the current Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, was a battle in the Nine Years' War, fought in present-day Belgium on 29 July 1693 between the French army of Marshal Luxembourg and the Allied army of King William III of England...

, and helped cover the escape of William III

William III of England

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 during the retreat there. He was present in at the Siege of Namur (1695)

Siege of Namur (1695)

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, and was promoted major-general on 1 January 1696. Lumley returned to England after the Peace of Ryswick.

He entered Parliament in 1701 as Knight of the Shire for Sussex

Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and again from 1702 to 1705. He later sat for Arundel

Arundel (UK Parliament constituency)

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 from 1715 to 1722.

He married first Elizabeth Thimbleby, and second Anne Wiseman. His daughter by Anne, Frances Lumley, died in 1719.

On 27 February 1702 he sailed for Flanders

Flanders

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, to take part in the War of the Spanish Succession

War of the Spanish Succession

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. He was promoted lieutenant-general on 11 February 1703. In 1704, he commanded the British horse at the Battle of Schellenberg

Battle of Schellenberg

The Battle of Schellenberg, also known as the Battle of Donauwörth, was fought on 2 July 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession. The engagement was part of the Duke of Marlborough's campaign to save the Habsburg capital of Vienna from a threatened advance by King Louis XIV's Franco-Bavarian...

, and subsequently fought at Blenheim

Battle of Blenheim

The Battle of Blenheim , fought on 13 August 1704, was a major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. Louis XIV of France sought to knock Emperor Leopold out of the war by seizing Vienna, the Habsburg capital, and gain a favourable peace settlement...

, Ramillies

Battle of Ramillies

The Battle of Ramillies , fought on 23 May 1706, was a major engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession. For the Grand Alliance – Austria, England, and the Dutch Republic – the battle had followed an indecisive campaign against the Bourbon armies of King Louis XIV of France in 1705...

, Oudenarde

Battle of Oudenarde

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 and Malplaquet

Battle of Malplaquet

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. He served as Governor of Jersey from 1704 to 1722. On 30 January 1711, he was promoted general

General

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Lumley resigned his colonelcy in 1717 and died in 1722, and is buried at Sawbridgeworth

Sawbridgeworth

Sawbridgeworth is a small, mainly residential, town and also a civil parish in Hertfordshire, England.- Location :Sawbridgeworth is four miles south of Bishop's Stortford, twelve miles east of Hertford and nine miles north of Epping. It lies on the A1184 and has a railway station that links to...

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