Robert Leke, 3rd Earl of Scarsdale was an English politician and courtier, styled Lord Deincourt from 1655 to 1681.
Modern-day Sutton Scarsdale Hall
The Lewis baronetcy, of Ledstone in the West Riding of Yorkshire, was created in the Baronetage of England on 15 October 1660 for John Lewis. The title became extinct on his death in 1671, without mal
Robert Leke, 3rd Earl of Scarsdale
…From 1668 to 1671, he travelled in Europe, before returning home. On 11 February 1672, he married Mary Lewis (1658–1684), daughter and coheiress of Sir John Lewis, a wealthy Yorkshire landowner, whose sister was first wife of the Earl of Huntingdon. Their only daughter Frances died in 1681, followed by Mary in…
Ledston Hall, 1999 photograph