SAVILE, George (1633-95) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 11 Nov. 1633, 1st s. of Sir William Savile^‡, 3rd bt. (1612-44), of Rufford, Notts. and Thornill, Yorks. and Anne (d.1662), da. of Thomas Coventry^†, Bar. Coventry, ld. kpr.; bro. of Henry Savile^‡; educ. Shrewsbury sch. 1643; privately (tutor, Mr Davidson); Halifax Letters, i. 19, 23. travelled abroad (France, Italy, Netherlands) by 1647-52 (tutor, Eleazar Duncon, DD); m. (1) 29 Dec. 1656 (with £10,000) Dorothy (d. 16 Dec. 1670), da. of Henry Spencer^†, earl of Sunderland, 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 1da. d.v.p.; (2) c. 19 Nov. 1672, Gertrude (d. 1 Oct. 1727), da. of Hon. William Pierrepoint^‡of Thoresby, Notts. 1da.; suc. fa. 25 Jan. 1644 as 4th bt. d. 5 Apr. 1695; will 17 Mar. 1692 – 4 Apr. 1695, pr. 17 Apr. 1695. PROB 11/425; Halifax Letters, ii. 264-6.

Offices Held

Commr. public accounts, 1667 – 70, trade 1669 – 72, loyal and indigent officers accounts 1671, trade and plantations 1672 – 74, to treat with ambassador of United Provinces 1681, Luttrell, Brief Relation, i. 139; Morrice, Entring Bk. ii. 289. to inspect officers in City of London 1684; Luttrell, Brief Relation, i. 295. PC 17 Apr. 1672 – 7 Jan. 1676, 21 Apr. 1679 – 21 Oct. 1685, 14 Feb. 1689 – 23 June 1692, ld. of trade and plantations 12 Mar. 1675 – 7 Jan. 1676, 22 Apr. 1679 – 21 Oct. 1685, 16 Feb. 1689 – 23 June 1692, ld. pres. 18 Feb. – 21 Oct. 1685; amb. extraordinary, France and United Provinces June – July 1672; ld. privy seal 1682 – 85, Mar. 1689 – Feb. 1690; council, Catherine of Braganza 1683; chan. and ld. kpr. of seal, Catherine of Braganza 1684 – 85, 1689–d. HMC 7th Rep. 498.

Speaker, House of Lords 22 Jan. – 19 Oct. 1689, 11, 15, 24 Feb., 11 July, 22 Aug. 1692.

Commr. militia, Yorks. Mar. 1660, corporations, Yorks. 1662 – 63; dep. lt. Yorks. (W. Riding) c. Aug. 1660 – Feb. 1667, Oct. 1667 – ?77; custos rot. liberty of Cawood, Wistow and Otley 1662–?d., Yorks. (W. Riding) 1689–d.; capt. militia ft. Yorks. (W. Riding) 1662 – 63; col. militia ft. Yorks (W. Riding) 1663 – Mar. 1667, Sept. 1667 – ?77.

Capt. indep. tp. of horse June – Sept. 1666, Prince Rupert* [940], duke of Cumberland’s regt. of horse June-Sept. 1667. CSP Dom. 1665–6, pp. 475–6, 546; CSP Dom. 1666–7, p. 167; CSP Dom. 1667, pp. 175, 182–3; Reresby Mems. 59; Savile Corresp. 12.

Gov., Soc. of Mineral and Battery Works 1682 – d., Mines Royal 1683 – d.; Charterhouse 1683–d. G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London, 354; Morrice, Entring Bk. iii. 346; iv. 108–9.

FRS 30 Nov. 1675.

Parlimentarian

SAVILE, Sir George, 4th Bt. (1633-95), of Rufford Abbey, Notts. and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.

Likenesses

oil on canvas by Claude Lefebvre, c.1669, Chatsworth, Derbys.; oil on canvas, attrib. to Mary Beale, c.1675, NPG 2962.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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