Sir George Savile, 1st Baronet of Thornhill, was an English politician and the lineal ancestor of the Marquesses of Halifax.
Portrait of George Savile by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
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The title Marquess of Halifax was created in the Peerage of England in 1682 for the George Savile, 1st Earl of Halifax.
Sir George Savile, 1st Baronet
…Sir George Savile, 1st Baronet of Thornhill (1551 – 12 November 1622), was an English politician and the lineal ancestor of the Marquesses of Halifax. He was born in 1551, the eldest son of Henry Savile and Joan Vernon. The Saviles were an old gentry family of Yorkshire, where many of them served as…
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax