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Biography of John Savile 1st Earl Mexborough 1719-1778

Paternal Family Tree: Savile

Before December 1719 [his father] Charles Savile of Methley (age 43) and [his mother] Aletheia Millington (age 37) were married.

In December 1719 John Savile 1st Earl Mexborough was born to Charles Savile of Methley (age 43) and Aletheia Millington (age 37).

On 5th June 1741 [his father] Charles Savile of Methley (age 65) died.

In 1753 John Savile 1st Earl Mexborough (age 33) was created 1st Baron Pollington of Longford in the County of Longford.

On 24th June 1759 [his mother] Aletheia Millington (age 77) died.

In 1760 John Savile 1st Earl Mexborough (age 40) and Sarah Delaval Countess Mexborough (age 18) were married. She by marriage Baroness Pollington of Longford in the County of Longford. The difference in their ages was 22 years.

On 8th April 1761 [his son] John Savile 2nd Earl Mexborough was born to John Savile 1st Earl Mexborough (age 41) and [his wife] Sarah Delaval Countess Mexborough (age 19).

Around 1763 Joshua Reynolds (age 39). Portrait of John Savile 1st Earl Mexborough (age 43) with [his wife] Sarah Delaval Countess Mexborough (age 21) and their son [his son] John Savile 2nd Earl Mexborough (age 1).

On 17th September 1763 [his son] Henry Savile was born to John Savile 1st Earl Mexborough (age 43) and [his wife] Sarah Delaval Countess Mexborough (age 21).

In February 1766 John Savile 1st Earl Mexborough (age 46) was created 1st Earl Mexborough of Lifford in County Donegal. [his wife] Sarah Delaval Countess Mexborough (age 24) by marriage Countess Mexborough of Lifford in County Donegal.

On 27th February 1778 John Savile 1st Earl Mexborough (age 58) died. His son [his son] John (age 16) succeeded 2nd Earl Mexborough of Lifford in County Donegal.

In 1780. Monument in Church of St Oswald, Methley [Map] to John Savile 1st Earl Mexborough sculpted by Joseph Wilton (age 57).

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 9th August 1821 [his former wife] Sarah Delaval Countess Mexborough (age 79) died.

Ancestors of John Savile 1st Earl Mexborough 1719-1778

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Savile

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Savile

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Savile

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Ramsden

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ramsden

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Savile

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wentworth

GrandFather: John Savile of Methley

Father: Charles Savile of Methley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Pieter Tryon

Great x 2 Grandfather: Moyses Tryon

Great x 4 Grandfather: Abraham Cullen

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Cullen

Great x 1 Grandfather: Peter Tryon

GrandMother: Sarah Tryon

John Savile 1st Earl Mexborough

GrandFather: Gilbert Millington of Felley-Abby in Nottinghamshire

Mother: Aletheia Millington