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SAVILE, William, Lord Eland (c.1665-1700).
Family and Education
b. c. 1665, 3rd but o. surv. s. of Sir George Savile, 4th Bt. educ. Geneva 1678-81; Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 5 Dec. 1681, aged 16, BA 1685, MA 1688; travelled abroad 1686. m. (1) lic. 24 Nov. 1687, Elizabeth (d.1694), da. and h. of (Sir) Samuel Grimston, 3rd Bt. of Gorhambury, Herts., 1da. d.v.p.; (2) 2 Apr. 1695 (with £20,000), Lady Mary Finch, da. of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, 2s. d.v.p. 3da. styled. Lord Eland Oct. 1687; suc. fa. as 2nd Mq. of Halifax 5 Apr. 1695.Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 67-68; Savile Corresp. (Cam. Soc. lxxi), 74, 80.
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Commr. for assessment, Westminster 1689, Yorks. (W. Riding) 1689 – 90; j.p. and dep. lt. Notts. ?1689 – d.
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SAVILE, William (c.1665-1700)
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SAWYER, Robert (1633-92), of Highclere, Hants.
Family and Education
bap. 20 Sept. 1633, 6th but o. surv. s. of Sir Edmund Sawyer (d.1676), auditor of the Exchequer, of Heywood, White Waltham, Berks. by 2nd w. Anne, da. of Sir William Whitmore of Apley Park, Salop. educ. Westminster 1648; Magdalene, Camb. 1648, BA 1652, MA 1655; I. Temple 1653, called 1661. m. lic. 1 July 1665, Margaret, da. of Ralph Suckley of Canonbury, Mdx., 1da. Kntd. 17 Oct. 1677.The Gen. o.s. vi. 50; Top. and Gen. iii. 408; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 1192.
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Commr. for recusants, Bucks. 1675; steward of Cookham and Bray manors, Berks. 1676 – d.; bencher, I. Temple 1677, treas. 1683 – 88; commr. for assessment, Berks. 1677 – 80, Bucks., Mdx. and Rad. 1677 – 79, Mdx. 1689, Cambridge 1689 – 90, Hants and I. Temple 1690; j.p. Berks. and Hants 1678 – 87; dep. lt. Hants 1680 – 87; high steward, Maidenhead 1685–?Oct. 1688.
KC 1677; attorney-gen. 1681–7.
Speaker of House of Commons 11 Apr. – 6 May 1678.
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Main residence: Highclere, Hants.
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Commons 1660-1690
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SAWYER, Robert (1633-92)
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SCARBURGH, Sir Charles (1615-94), of Paved Alley, Blackfriars, London and Whitehall.
Family and Education
bap. 29 King’s Dec. 1615, 2nd s. of Edmund Scarburgh (d.1635) of Westminster by w. Hannah Butler. educ. St. Paul’s c.1629-33; Caius, Camb. 1633, BA 1637, MA 1640; MD Merton, Oxf. 1646. m. 5 July 1649, Mary, da. of Thomas Daniel of Newbury, Flitton, Beds., 2s. 3da. Kntd. 14 Aug. 1669.Beds. N. and Q. ii. 337; E179/147/627, f. 280; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 226; Bodl. Rawlinson mss 896, f. 15; CSP Dom. 1682, p. 241.
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Fellow of Caius 1642 – 49, Coll. Physicians 1650 – 91; physician for the Tower of London by 1663 – ?85, to the Duke of York 1670 – 85, to the King 1673 – Dec. 1688, to Queen Mary 1689–?d., to Prince George of Denmark 1694; gov. Christ’s Hospital by 1673.
FRS 1663 – 66.
Main residences: Paved Alley, Blackfriars, London; Whitehall.
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SCARBURGH, Sir Charles (1615-94)
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SCOTT, John (c.1621-64), of Bellerby, Yorks. and Whitehall.
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b. ?; b. c.1621, s. of John Scott, dean of York 1625-44. educ. York (Mr Wallis); Christ’s, Camb. adm. 4 July 1635, aged 14, BA 1638. suc. fa. 1644.
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Esquire of the body ?1642 – 46; gent. of the privy chamber 1659–d.
Maj. (royalist) ?1642 – 46, (Spanish army) 1656 – 58; gov. York June 1660–1.
Freeman, York 1661; commr. for assessment, York 1661 – d., corporations, Yorks. 1662–3.
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Main residences: Bellerby, Yorks.; Whitehall.
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SCOTT, John (c.1621-64)
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SCAWEN, Robert (1602-70), of Horton, Bucks.
Family and Education
bap. 16 May 1602, 2nd s. of Robert Scawen (d.1628) of Molinick, St. Germans, Cornw. by Isabel, da. of Humphrey Nicoll of Penvose, St. Tudy, Cornw.; bro. of William Scawen. m. Catherine, da. of Cavendish Alsopp, merchant, of London, 7s. 2da.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 422; PCC 41 Penn.
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Receiver-gen. Hants, Wilts. and Glos. 1638 – 49, May 1660–7; commr. for new model ordinance, Mdx. 1645, sewers, Lincs. and Northants. 1647, assessment, Mdx. 1648 – 49, 1665 – 69, Westminster 1648, Cornw., Cumb. and Bucks. 1663 – 69, militia, Northumb. 1648, Bucks. Mar. 1660; j.p. Mdx. 1649 – 52; jt.-receiver of hearth-tax, Cornw. 1664–6.
Sec. to ld. general 1639 – 41; chairman, army committee 1645 – 48; commr. for management of revenue 1659 – May 1660, disbandment Sept. 1660–1, excise appeals Oct. 1660 – d.; member, Society of Mineral and Battery Works 1663; commr. for revenue wagons 1665–7.
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Main residence: Horton, Bucks.
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SCAWEN, Robert (1602-70)
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