Philip Savage (February 1644 – July 1717) was an Anglo-Irish lawyer and politician who was

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Biography

Savage was born in

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, the only son of Valentine Savage and Anne Haughton. He was educated at

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, entering the university on 6 July 1659. In 1667 he was admitted to

King's Inn The Honorable Society of King's Inns ( ir, Cumann Onórach Óstaí an Rí) is the "Inn of Court" for the Bar of Ireland. Established in 1541, King's Inns is Ireland's oldest school of law and one of Ireland's significant historical environment ...

as an attorney of the exchequer court. In 1671 he became clerk of the

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. He left Ireland in 1688 during the

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, but returned in 1691 when, as clerk of the King's Bench, he indicted over 4,000 Irishmen for high treason against

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. Savage represented County Wexford in the

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from 1692 to 1714.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.121 (Retrieved 28 October 2022). Between 1695 and his death he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland, aligning himself with the

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faction. Following the

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, the Whigs attempted to have Savage removed from office and replaced by Sir Ralph Gore, but Savage refused, dying in office.

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