biography text
Returned for Hedon jointly with Luke Robinson,1Joseph Hill to Rockingham, undated, Rockingham mss. after a contest, Savile supported the Government, from whom he obtained an Irish peerage in 1753. He died 12 Feb. 1778.
SAVILE, John (1719-78), of Methley Hall, nr. Leeds.
Family and Education
b. Dec. 1719, o.s. of Charles Savile of Methley Hall by Alathea, da. and coh. of Gilbert Millington of Felley Priory, Notts. educ. King’s, Camb. 1739. m. 20 Jan. 1760, Sarah, da. of Francis Blake Delaval, sis. of Sir Francis Blake Delaval, M.P., and Sir John Hussey Delaval, M.P., 3s. suc. fa. 1741; K.B. 2 May 1749; cr. Baron Pollington [I] 8 Nov. 1753; Earl of Mexborough [I] 11 Feb. 1766.
Address
Main residence: Methley Hall, nr. Leeds.
Volume
Notes
- 1. Joseph Hill to Rockingham, undated, Rockingham mss.