Sir George Savile, 1st Baronet
Sir George Savile, 1st Baronet of Thornhill (1550–1622) was an English politician and the lineal ancestor of the Marquesses of Halifax.
He was born in 1550, the eldest son of Henry Savile and Joan Vernon.[1] The Saviles were an old gentry family of Yorkshire, where many of them served as MPs or sheriffs. George Savile himself was elected to serve as Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge in 1586 and for Yorkshire in 1593. He succeeded to the estate of Thornhill after the death of his cousin, Edward Savile, in February 1602/3.[2] He was created a Baronet in 1611 by James I of England and was High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1613–14.[3]
He died in 1622 and was buried in Thornhill church in Yorkshire.[4]
He had married twice, with children by both wives.[5] His first wife, Mary Talbot, was the daughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury, and brought the estate of Rufford Abbey into the Savile family.[6] She was the mother of Sir George Savile, who predeceased his father but whose sons George and William would succeed in turn as the 2nd and 3rd Baronets. His second wife, Elizabeth Ayscough (widow of George Savile of Stanley[7]), was the mother of three more sons (John, Richard, and Henry) and four daughters. Sir William, the 3rd baronet, was the father of George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax.
References
- ↑ "The Transactions of the East Riding Antiquarian Society, Vol. 13 Part 1" pg. 42
- ↑ Cokayne, G.E. "Complete Baronetage" pg. 49
- ↑ "SAVILE, George I (1551-1622), of Lupset, Yorks. and Barrowby, Lincs.". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ↑ "The English Baronetage" pp. 159-160
- ↑ Cooper, William Durrant "Savile Correspondence: Letters to and from Henry Savile, Esq." p. iii
- ↑ "Rufford" (PDF). Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ↑ Lister, John "West Riding Sessions Records: Orders 1611 - 1642; Indictments 1637 - 1642" pg. 1
| Parliament of England | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Henry Cheke Nicholas Faunt |
Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge 1586–1587 With: Robert Briggs |
Succeeded by Sir Edward Fitton Francis Moore |
| Preceded by Sir Henry Constable Sir Ralph Bourchier |
Member of Parliament for Yorkshire 1593 With: John Aske |
Succeeded by John Savile Sir William Fairfax |
| Baronetage of England | ||
| New creation | Baronet (of Thornhill) 1611–1622 |
Succeeded by George Savile |