Sir George Savile, 7th Baronet, (10 February 1678 – 16 September 1743), of Thornhill, of Rufford Nottinghamshire, was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1728 to 1734. Rufford Hall from SW

Savile was the son of Rev. John Savile, rector of Thornhill, Yorkshire, and his second wife Barbara Jenison, daughter of Thomas Jenison of Newcastle. He was admitted at

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in 1691 and matriculated at

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, in 1696. He succeeded a first cousin of his father, Sir John Savile, 6th Baronet, in 1704, inheriting

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. He had two sisters: Ann and Gertrude.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage'' 1900
/ref> Savile was appointed

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for the year 1706 to 1707. He was returned as Member of Parliament (MP) for

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at a by-election in 1728 and sat until the 1734 general election. Savile was elected a

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in November 1721. Savile married Mary Pratt, the daughter of John Pratt of Dublin (but reputedly the natural daughter of

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), and had three children; Arabella,

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(who became the 8th baronet), and Barbara, who married Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 4th Earl of Scarbrough.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Savile, George 1678 births 1743 deaths Savile, George, 7th Baronet Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Fellows of the Royal Society High sheriffs of Nottinghamshire People from Newark and Sherwood (district)