George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax ( 1633 - 1695 )

Birth: Thornhill, Yorkshire, England (11 November 1633) Death: Halifax House, St James's Square, London (05 April 1695) Burial: Westminster Abbey Education: Shrewsbury School (1643); pupil of Eleazar Duncan DD; travelled to France and Italy (1647-1652); Middle Temple (admitted 1683) Career: Commissioner for Militia, Yorkshire (1660); Commissioner for Assessment for West Riding of Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire (1660-1668); Captain, afterwards Colonel of Militia for the West Riding (1662-1677); Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding (1660-1677, 1679-?death); Captain in Prince Rupert's Horse (1667); MP for Pontefract (1670); Commissioner for public Accounts (1667-1670); Commissioner for Trade (1669-1674); Commissioner for Loyal and Indigent Officers' Accounts (1671); Commissioner for Plantations (1672-1674); Ambassador Extraordinary to France and the United Provinces (1672); Privy Councillor (1672-1676, 1679-1692); Lord Privy Seal (1682-1685, 1689-1690); Governor of the Society of Mineral and Battery Works (1682-death); Governor of the Society of Mines Royal (1683-death); Chancellor to the Queen Consort (1684-1685); Lord President of the Council (1685-1689); Speaker of the House of Lords (1689); died of a rupture caused by violent vomiting Honours: Baron Savile of Eland and Viscount Halifax 1668; Earl of Halifax 1679; Marquess 1682 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 30/11/1675 Proposers: Seth Ward.