George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, was an English statesman and writer. He sat in the House of Commons of England in 1660 before being elevated to the House of Lords in 1668.
George Savile, Marquess of Halifax, by Mary Beale, c. 1674–1676
Halifax by Claude Lefèbvre
Title page of The Character of a Trimmer, composed by Halifax beginning in early 1685, but not published until April 1688. The title page attributed the book to the recently deceased Sir William Coventry, but Halifax was its true author.
The Marquess of Halifax during his time as William III's Lord Privy Seal, pictured with John Somers, 1st Baron Somers (Lord Chancellor) and John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (Commander-in-Chief of the Forces).
William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax, was the son of George Savile, 1st Viscount Halifax and Dorothy Savile, Viscountess Halifax. He was educated in Geneva in 1677 and matriculated at Christ Church
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
…Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland, and his wife Dorothy Sidney ("Sacharissa"), leaving a family including Lady Anne Savile (1663 – c. January 1690) and William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax (1665 – 31 August 1700). By his marriage with Dorothy Spencer, he was brother-in-law to Lord Sunderland; despite the family tie, the two men were bitter…
William Savile Halifax