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	George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was the great-grandson of Sir George Savile of Lupset and Thornhill in Yorkshire (created baronet in 1611) was the eldest son of Sir William Savile, 3rd baronet, who distinguished himself in the civil war in the royalist cause and who died in 1644, and of Anne, eldest daughter of Lord Keeper Coventry.
		On the death of his son William, 2nd Marquess of Halifax, in August 1700 without male issue, the peerage became extinct, and the baronetcy passed to the Saviles of Lupset, the whole male line of the Savile family ending in the person of Sir George Savile, 8th baronet, in 1784.
		Halifax spoke in favor of the Triennial Bill (January 12, 1693) which passed the legislature but was vetoed by William, suggested a proviso in the Licensing Act of 1692, which restricted its operation to anonymous works, and approved the Place Bill (1694).
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		English statesman and writer, great-grandson of Sir George Savile of Lupset and Thornhill in Yorkshire (created baronet In 161,), was the eldest son of Sir William Savile, 3rd baronet, who distinguished himself in the civil war in the royalist cause and who died in 1644, and of Anne, eldest daughter of Lord Keeper Coventry.
		Halifax opposed in 1682 Jamess vindictive prosecution of the earl of Argyll, arousing further hostility in the duke, while the same year he was challenged to a duel by Monmouth, who attributed to him his disgrace.
		Halifax now worked to establish intimate relations between Charles and the prince of Orange and opposed the abrogation of the recusancy laws.
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	Marquess of Halifax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The title of Marquess of Halifax was created in the Peerage of England in 1682 for Sir George Savile, 4th Baronet.
		All the titles became extinct on the death of the 2nd Marquess in 1700.
		William Savile was father-in-law to Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Cork, Sackville Tufton, 7th Earl of Thanet and Charles Bruce, 4th Earl of Elgin.
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		George Savile was born in the well-connected Royalist family in Yorkshire.
		In 1667 Savile was appointed captain in Prince Rupert's regiment of horse and he was elevated to the peerage in 1668 and took a seat in the House of Lords.
		With the accession of James II in 1685 Halifax was demoted to Lord President of the Council, from which office he was dismissed on 21 Oct 1685 for opposing James's policy of repealing the Test and Habeas Corpus Acts.
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	GEORGE MONTAGU DUNK, 2ND EARL OF HALIFAX - LoveToKnow Article on GEORGE MONTAGU DUNK, 2ND EARL OF HALIFAX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		, 2ND EARL OF (1716 1771), son of George Montagu, 1st earl of Halifax (of the second creaf ion), was born on the 5th or 6th of October 1716, becomin8 earl of Halifax on his fathers death in 1739.
		In March 1761 Halifax was appointed lord-lieutenant of Ireland, and during part of the time which he held this office he was also first lord of the admiralty.
		Halifax, who was lord-lieutenant of Northaniptonshire and a lieutenant-general in the army, showed some disinterestedness in money matters, but was very extravagant.
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	George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
		His conduct transformed the allegiance to him of the Whigs into bitter hostility, the Commons immediately petitioning the king to remove him from his councils for ever, while any favour which he might have regained with James was forfeited by his subsequent approval of the regency scheme.
		Outwardly he still retained the king’s favour and was advanced to a marquessate (Aug. 17) and to the office of Lord Privy Seal (October 25).
		He entered bail for Lord Marlborough, accused wrongfully of complicity in a Jacobite plot in May 1692, and in June, during the absence of the king from England, his name was struck off the privy council.
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		A protEgE of the 2d duke of Buckingham, he was made Viscount Halifax (1668) and sat (1672–76) in the privy council.
		An opponent both of the pro-Catholic faction that arranged the alliance (1670) with France and of the ministry of Lord Danby, which reversed that policy, Halifax became known as the Trimmer because of his practice of "trimming," or balancing between factions.
		On the accession (1685) of James II, Halifax was made lord president of the council, but he resigned almost immediately in opposition to James's pro-Catholic policies.
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	Wikipedia: Earl of Halifax
		The first creation, in the Peerage of England in 1679, was for George Savile, 1st Viscount Halifax, who was later made Marquess of Halifax.
		The present title was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1944 for Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 3rd Viscount Halifax, the former Foreign Secretary and Viceroy of India.
		The present earl holds the subsidiary titles of Viscount Halifax (1866) and Baron Irwin (1925), both in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, and is a baronet of Great Britain (1784).
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	Halifax, George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Halifax, George Savile, 1st ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He entered Parliament in 1660, and was raised to the peerage by Charles II, by whom he was also later dismissed.
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		Halifax spoke sixteen times, and at last, regardless of the menaces of the more violent supporters of the bill, who closed See also:
		Argyll, arousing further hostility in the duke, while the same year he was challenged to a duel by Monmouth, who attributed to him his disgrace.
		plain and clear, that Halifax was as consistent in his principles as the most rabid Whig or Tory.
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		HALIFAX, GEORGE SAVILE, 1ST MARQUESS OF [Halifax, George Savile, 1st marquess of] 1633-95, English statesman.
		A protégé of the 2d duke of Buckingham, he was made Viscount Halifax (1668) and sat (1672-76) in the privy council.
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	George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633-1695), Political philosopher
		George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633-1695), Political philosopher
		A statesman and writer, Halifax was a favourite of Charles II ; his best-known political tract, 'Character of a Trimmer', urged Charles to shake off the influence of his brother James.
		Halifax was closely involved in the revolution of 1688, and presided over the council of lords which arranged the succession of William and Mary.
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	Additional Reading (from George Savile, 1st marquess of Halifax) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		H.C. Foxcroft, A Character of the Trimmer: Being a Short Life of the First Marquis of Halifax (1946).
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		Although his conciliatory approach frequently made him a detached critic rather than a dynamic politician, the principles he espoused have appealed to many 20th-century political thinkers.
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	Biography of Halifax, George Savile, 1st Marquess of
		Halifax, George Savile, 1st Marquess of (of Great Britain)
		He was created viscount (1668) for his share in the Restoration, and in 1672 was made a marquess and Lord Privy Seal.
		On the accession of James II (1685) he became president of the Council, but was dismissed soon after.
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		Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 3rd Viscount Halifax (1881-1959) (became Earl of Halifax in 1944)
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		Sir Robert Spencer of Althorp, 1st Lord of Wormleighton (b 1570, d 25.10.1627)
		(29.12.1656) George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (b 11.11.1633, d 05.04.1695)
		George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (b 01.09.1758, d 10.11.1834)
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		(10.08.1682) Anne Savile (b 1663, bur 23.01.1689/9, dau of George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax)
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		A peerage was sought for him by the Duke of York in 1665, but was successfully opposed by Clarendon, on the ground of his "ill-reputation amongst men of piety and religion," the real motives of the chancellor’s hostile attitude being probably Savile’s connexion with Buckingham and Coventry.
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