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Sir William Savile. Anne Coventry. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, PC, DL, FRS (11 November 1633 – 5 April 1695), was an English statesman, writer, and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660, and in the House of Lords after he was raised to the peerage in 1668.
George Savile, 1st marquess of Halifax (born Nov. 11, 1633, Thornhill, Yorkshire, Eng.—died April 5, 1695, London) was an English statesman and political writer known as “The Trimmer” because of his moderating position in the fierce party struggles of his day.
The title Marquess of Halifax was created in the Peerage of England in 1682 for the George Savile, 1st Earl of Halifax . He had previously been created Baron Savile, of Elland in the County of York, Viscount Halifax in 1668, and Earl of Halifax in 1679, all also in the Peerage of England. The baronetcy, styled "of Thornhill in the County of ...
Nov 3, 2022 · When by habit a man cometh to have a bargaining soul, its wings are cut, so that it can never soar. It bindeth reason an apprentice to gain, and instead of a director, maketh it a drudge. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax ( November 11, 1633 – April 5, 1695) was an English statesman, writer, and politician.
May 21, 2018 · George Savile Halifax, 1st marquess of, 1633–95, English statesman. A protégé of the 2d duke of Buckingham, he was made Viscount Halifax (1668) and sat (1672–76) in the privy council [1].
After the second Marquess's death in 1700 — upon which the principal family seat at Rufford in Nottinghamshire passed to a cousin of Halifax's, Sir John Savile, sixth Baronet (1651-1704) — his widow preserved the main archive at Halifax House in St James's Square, London, until her own death in 1718.
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May 16, 2024 · Savile, George, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633 1695), politician and political writer, was born on 11 November 1633 at Thornhill Hall, near Dewsbury, Yorkshire, the second of seven children and eldest son of Sir William Savile, third baronet (1612 1644), landowner [see under Savile family (per. c. 1480-1644)].
