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Sussex, Earl of (E, 1644 - 1671)

Creation: let.pat. 25 May 1644

Extinct: 11 Oct 1671

Family name: Savile

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Arms:

Argent on a Bend Sable three Owls of the field

Crest:

An Owl Argent

Supporters:

On either side a Lion Erminois

Motto:

 Be Fast

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Thomas [Savile], 1st Viscount Savile later 1st Earl of Sussex

3rd son and heir of John [Savile], 1st Baron Savile, by his second wife Elizabeth Carey, sister of Henry [Carey], 1st Viscount of Falkland, and 1st dau. of Sir Edward Carey, of Aldenham, co. Hertford

bapt.

14 Sep 1590

mar. (1)

Frances Leveson (widow of Sir John Leveson; d. aft. 1634), only dau. and hrss. of Sir Thomas Sondes, of Throwley, co. Kent, by his second wife Hon Margaret Brooke, 3rd dau. by his second wife of William [Brooke], 10th Baron Cobham of Kent

mar. (2)

aft. Nov 1640 Lady Anne Villiers (mar. (2) Richard Pelson; d. c. 1670), sister and hrss. of Charles [Villiers], 2nd Earl of Anglesey, and only dau. of Christopher [Villiers], 1st Earl of Anglesey, by his wife Elizabeth Sheldon, dau. of Thomas Sheldon, of Howby, co. Leicester

children by second wife

1. Hon James Savile, later 2nd Earl of Sussex

1. Lady Frances Savile (d. 6 Jun 1695), mar. c. 1 Jun 1668 Hon Francis Brudenell, styled Lord Brudenell (dvp. 1698), 1st son and heir ap. by his second wife of Robert [Brudenell], 2nd Earl of Cardigan, and had issue

2. Lady Elizabeth Savile, mar. Hon John Touchet, 2nd son of Mervyn [Touchet], 4th Earl of Castlehaven, by his wife Lady Mary Arundell, widow of Charles Arundell and dau. by his first wife of John [Talbot], 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, and had issue

died

c. 1659

created

v.p. 11 Jun 1628 Baron of Castlebar, and Viscount Savile (Peerage of Ireland)

25 May 1644 Earl of Sussex

suc. by

son by second wife

note

admitted Inner Temple 1610; knighted 1616/7; Member of Parliament for Yorkshire 1624-25 and for York 1628; a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber 1626; suc. his father as 3rd Baron Savile 31 Aug 1630; with Charles I at York 1639 ; Privy Councillor 1640/1; Lord President of the Council of the North 1641; Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire 1641; a Commissioner of Regency 1641; Treasurer of the Household 1641-44/5 ; Governor of York 1642; arrested and imprisoned in Newark Castle 1642-43 but pardoned by the King; arrested again 1644/5 on the orders of the King; imprisoned in the Tower of London for contempt of Parliament 1645-46

James [Savile], 2nd Earl of Sussex

born

1647

mar.

Anne Wake (bapt. 19 Jan 1647/8; mar. (2) Fairfax Overton; d. bef. 22 Jun 1680), 1st dau. and cohrss. of Robert Wake, of Antwerp and London, by his wife Mabel Brokesby, dau. and hrss. of Gregory Brokesby, of Burstall, co. Suffolk

only child

1. Hon James Savile, styled Viscount Savile (bur. vp. 16 Jul 1671)

died

s.p.s. 11 Oct 1671

note

On the death of the 2nd Earl of Sussex all his titles became extinct

 First written 29 Mar 2003

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