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SAVILE, William (1665-1700)

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Family and Education
b. 1665, 3rd but o. surv. s. of George Savile, 4th bt. (later mq. of Halifax) and 1st w. Dorothy (d.1670), da. of Henry Spencer, sis. Robert Spencer, 2nd earl of Sunderland. educ. Geneva 1678-81, Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 5 Dec. 1681 (aged 16), BA 1685, MA 1688; travelled abroad (Italy, Spain, France, Low Countries) 1684-7. m. (1) lic. 24 Nov. 1687 (with £15,000 to be paid on father’s death), Elizabeth (1671-94), da. and h. of Sir Samuel Grimston‡, 3rd bt. of Gorhambury, Herts. 1s. d.v.p., 2da. (1 d.v.p.), (2) 2 Apr. 1695 (with £20,000), Mary (1677-1718), da. Daniel Finch, 2nd earl of Nottingham, 2s. d.v.p., 3da. d. 31 Aug. 1700; will 16 Aug. 1695 – 21 Aug. 1700, pr. 11 Mar. 1701. TNA, PROB 11/459.
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Dep. lt. Notts. ?1689–d. CSP Dom. 1691–2, p. 276; 1694–5, p. 299.

Gov. Charterhouse 1697–d. Davies, Charterhouse in London, 355.

Parlimentarian
SAVILE, William, Lord Eland (c.1665-1700).
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oil on canvas by unknown artist, 1700, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Lakeland Arts Trust.

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Littleton, Charles
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Lords 1660-1715
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Oxford 1644
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SAVILE, George (1633-95)

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

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Littleton, Charles
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Lords 1660-1715
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NORTH, Francis (1673-1729)

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b. 14 Dec. 1673, 1st s. Francis North, Bar. Guilford; bro. of Hon. Charles North‡. educ. Winchester 1685; R. North, Life of Lord Keeper North, ed. M. Chan (Lampeter, 1995), 217; Add. 32500, f. 83. Trinity, Oxf. (matric. Feb. 1689, MA 1690); Wood, Life and Times, iii. 346-7. travelled abroad (Holland, Germany, Italy) 1691-?1694. Add. 32500, f. 119. m. (1) 1695 Elizabeth (d.1699), da. Fulke Greville, 5th Bar. Brooke, s.p.; Bodl. North mss. c. 25, f. 70. (2) by 8 July 1703 Alice (Alicia), da. and coh. of Sir John Brownlow‡, 3rd bt., Northants. RO, IC 2201. 3s. ?1da. d.v.p. Bodl. North mss. c. 25, ff. 15, 70. d. 17 Oct. 1729; will 24 Sept. 1703 – 23 Sept. 1717, pr. 22 Oct. 1730. TNA, PROB 11/640.
Offices Held

PC 1712–14; Post Boy, 11–13 Dec. 1712. commr. trade and plantations 1712–14; Post Boy, 5–8 July 1712; London Gazette, 24–27 July 1714. ld. of trade 1713–14. HMC Portland, v. 335.

Dep. lt. Oxon by 1702–?1706; CSP Dom. 1702–3, p. 391; Add. 61365, f. 53. ld. lt. Essex 1703–5. Add. 70075, newsletter, 16 Mar. 1703; London Gazette, 15–18 Mar. 1703.

Freeman, Hamburgh Co. 1694; Add. 28079, ff. 59–60. mbr. SPG 1701. CSP Dom. 1700–2, p. 358.

Parlimentarian
NORTH, Francis (1673-1729)
Associated with: Wroxton Abbey, Oxon.; Arlington Street, Westminster;Daily Courant, 1 May 1711; Add. 70282, Guilford to [R. Harley], n.d., Add. 22267, ff. 164-71.; Albemarle Street, Westminster.Add. 70350, Oxford's account book, 1 Jan. 1723.;
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oil on canvas by T. Murray (circle of), c.1700, sold at Bonham’s, 19 July 2012.

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Eagles, Robin
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Lords 1660-1715
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