The title Marquess of Halifax was created in the

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in 1682 for the George Savile, 1st Earl of Halifax. He had previously been created Baron Savile, of

Elland Elland is a market town in Calderdale, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is situated south of Halifax, by the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation. Elland was recorded as ''Elant'' in the Domesday Book of 1086. It ha ...

in the County of York, Viscount Halifax in 1668, and

Earl of Halifax Earl of Halifax is a title that has been created four times in British history—once in the Peerage of England, twice in the Peerage of Great Britain, and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The name of the peerage refers to Halifax, We ...

in 1679, all also in the

. The baronetcy, styled "of Thornhill in the County of York", had been created in the

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in 1611 for his great-grandfather George Savile.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage'' 1900
/ref> All peerages became extinct on the death of the 2nd Marquess in 1700. The baronetcy was inherited by a kinsman, the 6th Baronet, and became extinct on the death of the 8th Baronet in 1784. The

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used by the heir apparent to the earldom and marquessate was Lord Elland, taken from the

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of the barony of Savile. The family seat was originally

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, which was destroyed in the

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, after which the seat was transferred to

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Family

The 1st Marquess's sister married the 1st Earl of Plymouth. His daughter by his first wife (daughter of the 1st Earl of Sunderland) married the 3rd Earl of Carbery. His daughter by his second wife (sister of the 1st Duke of Kingston) married the 3rd Earl of Chesterfield. The 2nd Marquess was son of the first by his first marriage. He married Mary Finch, a daughter of the 2nd Earl of Nottingham and Lady Essex Rich. Essex was daughter of the 3rd Earl of Warwick and Anne Cheeke. Anne was daughter of Sir Thomas Cheeke of

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and a senior Essex Rich. The elder Essex was daughter of the 1st Earl of Warwick and Penelope Devereux, Lady Rich. Essex was probably named after her maternal grandfather the 1st Earl of Essex. Her maternal grandmother was

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. William Savile was father-in-law to the 4th Earl of Cork, the 7th Earl of Thanet and the 4th Earl of Elgin.

The Savile estates

The 8th and last Savile Baronet bequeathed the

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and

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estates (including

and Thornhill) of the family on his nephew, The Hon. Richard Lumley-Saunderson, later 6th

Earl of Scarbrough Earl of Scarbrough is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1690 for Richard Lumley, 2nd Viscount Lumley. He is best remembered as one of the Immortal Seven who invited William of Orange to invade England and depose his father- ...

, younger son of the 4th Earl of Scarbrough and Barbara Savile, sister and heiress of Sir George Savile. Eventually, in 1887, the Savile estates passed to his great-nephew, the diplomat John Lumley-Savile, who assumed the surname of Savile only and was created

Baron Savile Baron Savile, of Rufford in the County of Nottingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1888 for the diplomat Sir John Savile. He was the eldest of the five illegitimate children of John Lumley-Savile, 8th Ear ...

the following year.

Savile baronets, of Thornhill (1611)

Sir George Savile, 1st Baronet Sir George Savile, 1st Baronet of Thornhill (1551 – 12 November 1622), was an English politician and the lineal ancestor of the Marquesses of Halifax. He was born in 1551, the eldest son of Henry Savile and Joan Vernon. The Saviles were an ...

(1551–1622) *

Sir George Savile, 2nd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(c. 1611 – 1626) *

Sir William Savile, 3rd Baronet Sir William Savile, 3rd Baronet of Thornhill (1612 – 24 January 1644) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1642. He fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War and was killed in action. Savile wa ...

(1612–1644) * Sir George Savile, 4th Baronet (1633–1695) (created Viscount Halifax in 1668)

Viscount Halifax (1668)

George Savile, 1st Viscount Halifax George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, (11 November 1633 – 5 April 1695), was an English statesman, writer, and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660, and in the House of Lords after he was raised to the peerage in 1668. Backgr ...

(1633–1695) (created Earl of Halifax in 1679)

Earl of Halifax (1679)

* George Savile, 1st Earl of Halifax (1633–1695) (created Marquess of Halifax in 1682)

Marquess of Halifax (1682)

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, (11 November 1633 – 5 April 1695), was an English statesman, writer, and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660, and in the House of Lords after he was raised to the peerage in 1668. Backgr ...

(1633–1695) *

William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax (1665 – 31 August 1700) was the son of George Savile, 1st Viscount Halifax and Dorothy Savile, Viscountess Halifax (née Spencer). He was educated in Geneva in 1677 and matriculated at Christ Church, O ...

(1665–1700)

Savile baronets, of Thornhill (1611; reverted)

* Sir John Savile, 6th Baronet (c. 1651 – 1704) *

Sir George Savile, 7th Baronet Sir George Savile, 7th Baronet, (10 February 1678 – 16 September 1743), of Thornhill, of Rufford Nottinghamshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1728 to 1734. Savile was the son of Rev. John Savile, rector of T ...

(1678–1743) *

Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet of Thornhill FRS (18 July 1726 – 10 January 1784) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1759 to 1783. Background Savile was born in Savile House, London, the only son of Sir George Sa ...

(1726–1784)

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Halifax Extinct marquessates in the Peerage of England Noble titles created in 1682 1682 establishments in England