Thomas Savage, 1st Viscount Savage, 2nd Baronet ( 1586 – 20 November 1635), was an English peer and courtier in the reign of

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Early life

Savage was the eldest son of Sir John Savage (1554 – 1615), 1st Baronet, of

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in Cheshire and Mary (d. 1635), daughter of Richard Allington. He succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet 7 July 1615.

Career

In 1616 Savage served as Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire and was knighted 29 June 1617, in

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. He was made Steward of the borough of Congleton in January 1625; First Commissioner of Trade in 1626; Commissioner to advise as to ways and means of increasing the King's revenue in July 1626, and for the sale of the King's lands, 15 September in the same year. On 4 November 1626 he was created Viscount Savage. He was appointed Chancellor to the Queen Consort in 1628 and her Councillor in 1634. He was also Ranger of

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in Cheshire.

Marriage and issue

He married

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, daughter of Thomas Darcy, 1st Earl Rivers and Mary Kitson, on 14 May 1602. The couple had eleven sons and eight daughters: *

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(1603 – 1654), married firstly, Catherine, daughter of William Parker, 13th Baron Morley and secondly, Mary, daughter of Thomas Ogle. * Thomas Savage, married Bridget, widow of Sir Edward Somerset, son of

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, daughter of William Whitmore by Margaret Beeston, and great-great-granddaughter of

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. * Francis Savage (bef. 1609 – ) * William Savage (1619 – ) * James Savage (1609 – 1638) * Richard Savage, baptised in 1622. * Charles Savage (c. 1622– ), married and had a daughter: :* Mary Savage, married Jeremy Thoresby, son of John Thoresby of

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and younger brother of the antiquarian,

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. * Jane Savage (c. 1604 – bef. 16 April 1631), married after 18 December 1622, as his first wife,

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. * Dorothy Savage (c. 1611 – 6 December 1691), married 10 April 1637,

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. * Elizabeth Savage (c. 1612– ), married Sir John Thimbleby (1603 – 1661), of

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. * Anne Savage (1617 – 16 June 1696), married in 1661, as his second wife,

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. * Catherine Savage, a nun at Dunkirk. * Henrietta Maria Savage (c. 1621 – 1663), married, in 1645, Ralph Sheldon, of Beoley,

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Death and succession

By special remainder, Savage was made heir to his father-in-law's titles, but did not live to inherit them. He died 20 November of "the running gout" at his home on

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in London and was buried 16 December 1635 in the Savage family chapel in Macclesfield, Cheshire. He was buried on the same day as his mother; only ten of his nineteen children were still living at the time of his death. His eldest son,

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, succeeded him as 2nd Viscount Savage, later becoming 2nd

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on the death of his maternal grandfather in 1640. His widow was created, on 21 April 1641, Countess Rivers for life, fourteen months after her father's death. She died 9 March 1651 and was buried at St. Osyth's, Essex.

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External links

''Sir Thomas Savage, 1st Viscount Savage (1586-1635)'', Cornelius Johnson (London 1593 - Utrecht 1661)
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''Success in search for Melford Hall's lost owner''
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