The title Earl of Scarbrough was created for Richard Lumley, 2nd Viscount Lumley, in 1692.
The subsidiary titles held by Lord Scarbrough are: Viscount Lumley, of Waterford (created 1628), Viscount Lumley, of Lumley Castle in the County of Durham (1689), and Baron Lumley, of Lumley Castle in the County of Durham (1681). The first is in the Peerage of Ireland, while the last three, as well as the Earldom, are in the Peerage of England.
In Scotland, the office of Earl Marischal of Scotland died out when a member of the family of Keith forfeited it by being part of the 1715 rebellion.
It should be noted though that the role of regulation of heraldry carried out by the Earl Marshal in England is carried out by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in Scotland.
The House of Lords Act 1999 removed the automatic right of hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords, but the Act provided that the Earl Marshal and Lord Great Chamberlain be exempt from such a rule, so that they may continue to carry out their ceremonial functions in the House of Lords.
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