Earl of Mexborough, of
Lifford in the
County of Donegal
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, is a title in the
Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 11 February 1766 for
John Savile, 1st Baron Pollington,
Member of Parliament for
Hedon and
New Shoreham. He had already been created Baron Pollington, of
Longford
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in the
County of Longford, on 8 November 1753, and was made Viscount Pollington, of
Ferns in the
County of Wexford, at the same time as he was given the earldom. These titles are also in the Peerage of Ireland. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He represented
Lincoln in the
House of Commons. His son, the third Earl, was Member of Parliament for
Pontefract for many years. On his death the titles passed to his son, the fourth Earl. He represented
Gatton and Pontefract in Parliament as a
Conservative. His son, the fifth Earl, was
High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1877. He was succeeded by his half-brother, the sixth Earl. the titles are held by the latter's grandson, the eighth Earl, who succeeded his father in 1980.
Despite their
territorial designations and the fact that they are in the Peerage of Ireland, all three titles refer to places in
England, namely
Mexborough and
Pollington
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Acco ...
in
Yorkshire.
The current seat of the Earls of Mexborough is
Arden Hall
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Places
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*Arden, an area in North Melbourne, Victoria near the Arden Street Oval
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, near
Hawnby, in Yorkshire. The estate was purchased by the family in 1897. Previously the family had lived at
Methley Hall , which was demolished in 1958. John Horace Savile, 5th Earl of Mexborough, also built Castle Devachan in San Remo, the site of the 1920
San Remo conference. The former Bishop's House at Eltofts,
Thorner
Thorner is a rural village and civil parish in the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, located between Seacroft and Wetherby. It had a population of 1,646 at the 2011 Census.
Etymology
The name of Thorner is first attested in the 1086 Do ...
, near Leeds, was the
Dower House of the Earls of Mexborough.
Earls of Mexborough (1766)
*
John Savile, 1st Earl of Mexborough (1719–1778)
*
John Savile, 2nd Earl of Mexborough (1761–1830)
*
John Savile, 3rd Earl of Mexborough
John Savile, 3rd Earl of Mexborough (3 July 1783 – 25 December 1860), styled Viscount Pollington until 1830, was a British peer and Tory politician.
Origins
He was the son of John Savile, 2nd Earl of Mexborough by his wife Elizabeth Stephenso ...
(1783–1860)
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John Charles George Savile, 4th Earl of Mexborough (1810–1899)
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John Horace Savile, 5th Earl of Mexborough
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
(1843–1916)
*
John Henry Savile, 6th Earl of Mexborough
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Seco ...
(1868–1945)
*
John Raphael Wentworth Savile, 7th Earl of Mexborough
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
(1906–1980)
*
John Christopher George Savile, 8th Earl of Mexborough (b. 1931)
The
heir apparent is the present holder's eldest son John Andrew Bruce Savile, Viscount Pollington (b. 1959)
The heir apparent's
heir presumptive is his half-brother Hon. James Hugh Hope John Savile (b. 1976)
The heir apparent's heir presumptive's heir apparent is his son Arthur John Hope Thomas Savile (b. 2011)
Ancestry
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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External links
John Savile, 7th Earl of Mexborough at Geni.comJosephine, Countess of Mexborough at Geni.com
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Earldoms in the Peerage of Ireland
Noble titles created in 1766
