Lawrence Roger Lumley was born on 27 July 1896 and was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1916 he interrupted his studies to serve in France with the 11th Hussars and was wounded in March 1918. In 1922 he entered Parliament as member for Hull East, but lost the seat in the landslide of 1929. However, in 1931 he was returned as member for his native city of York which he represented till he went out to Bombay as Governor in 1937. This was a period of political trouble in India, but the warm personal regard in which he was held, and the part played by Lady Lumley, prevented any serious outbreaks in his region. He returned home in 1943 and within two years had succeeded his uncle as the 11th Earl of Scarborough. The many important appointments, including that of Lord Chamberlain of the Household (1952-63) testify to his outstanding qualities of character and statesmanship, but it was through his life-long attachment to freemasonry that the College came to benefit from his interest. While he was Grand Master of English Freemasonry, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Grand Lodge it was resolved that something important should be done which would help the world, yet be outside their own rank of freemasonry. It was at his suggestion that the help should be given to the research work of the Royal College of Surgeons, and a sum of £542,000 was collected to be held in trust for the College, the interest from this capital sum to go to support the work of the College. It was therefore a fitting acknowledgement of the gratitude of the College for his special interest that he was admitted to the Honorary Fellowship in June 1967. Lord Scarborough's magnificent career, a life devoted to the service of his country and the welfare of his fellows, ended with his death on 29 June 1969.