Grave of Sir Joseph Savory Lord Mayor of London

Sir Joseph Savory, 1st Baronet (23 July 1843 – 1 October 1921) was a

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and MP. He was born in

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, the eldest son of Joseph Savory of Buckhurst Park and Mary Caroline née Braithwaite, at

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in Berkshire which he inherited in 1879. He was educated at Harrow School. He joined the family business of A.B. Savory and Sons and became an alderman of the City of London for the

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ward. He was appointed Sheriff of London and Middlesex for 1882 and elected Lord Mayor of London for 1890. He was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Berkshire and for Westmorland, where he was Lord of the Manors of Wharton and Nateby. He was made

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in September 1891. In 1892 he was returned as MP for Appleby until 1900. He was involved in the management of the

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and the

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. He made several improvements to the Buckhurst Park estate and was a lay preacher who took morning services at nearby Chavey Down and preached in

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. He married Helen Pemberton Leach, daughter of Col. Sir George Archibald Leach, in 1888. He is buried at St Marys Church in

, Berkshire.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Savory, Joseph 1843 births 1921 deaths People from Upper Clapton People from Winkfield People educated at Harrow School Sheriffs of the City of London 19th-century lord mayors of London 19th-century English politicians 20th-century English politicians UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 Savory, 1st Baronet Members of the London School Board Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies