Savile, George, 1633-1695 (1st Marquis of Halifax)
Dates
- Existence: 1633 - 1695
Biography
George Savile, Marquis of Halifax (1633-1695) was born at Thornhill on 11 November 1633, the son and heir of Sir William Thornhill. He was created Baron Savile of Eland and Viscount Halifax in 1668. He was made a privy councillor in 1672, but was expelled from the council in 1676 for opposing Lord Danby, the head of the ministry. He was restored to the council in 1679, and thereafter created Earl of Halifax (1679), Marquis (1682) and lord privy seal (1682). In 1680 Halifax headed the opposition to the bill to exclude James II from the English throne. He was made lord president of the council on James' accession in 1685, but soon resigned in protest at the king's pro-Catholic policies. On the arrival of William of Orange in England in 1688, Halifax sought at first to mediate between William and the king, before deciding to support William's cause. He was appointed lord privy seal and chief minister in 1689, but resigned the following year after failing to form a ministry. He died on 5 April 1695. Halifax circulated the 'Character of the Trimmer' in 1685, in which he outlined his political views.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Catalogue of the library of the Marquess of Halifax, 1693
'A catalogue of books in the library of Rufford belonging to my Lord Marquiss of Halifax in the year 1693'. Arranged according the place of books on the shelves.
Catalogus librorum bibliothecæ inferioris nobilissimi viri domini Georgii Savile Marchionis de Halifax, 1692
A fly-leaf has the title 'A catalogue of the books in the Lower Library, London, 1692'. The books are arranged in the catalogue according to language, size and subject; the place and date of publication are also given.
Collection of tracts, Seventeenth century
Etrennes ou avis d’un homme de qualité à sa fille, Late seventeenth century
Translation into French of ‘Advice to a daughter’, which was printed among ‘Miscellanies of the late lord Marquess of Halifax’, London, 1700. This appears to be a rough draft of the translation of which the most finished form is to be found in MS Dd.05.77, no. 1 (and see also MSS Dd.06.15 and Dd.09.42).
Etrennes, ou avis d'un homme de qualité a sa fille, Late seventeenth century
A translation into French of ‘Advice to a daughter’, which was printed among ‘Miscellanies of the late lord Marquess of Halifax’, London, 1700. The manuscript has many corrections throughout, which are incorporated into the text of MS Dd.05.77, no. 1. See also MSS Dd.09.42 and Dd.11.56.
Etrennes, ou avis d'un homme de qualité a sa fille, Late seventeenth century
This is a translation into French of ‘Advice to a daughter’, which was printed among ‘Miscellanies of the late lord Marquess of Halifax’, London, 1700. It is in the same handwriting as MS Dd.05.77 no.1 (and see also MSS Dd.06.15 and Dd.11.56), with many corrections interlineated.
George Savile, Marquis of Halifax: Character of a Trimmer
124 folios: (fo. 2) title-page with scribblings and a 19th century note attributing the authorship to Sir Wm Coventry; (fo. 3) preface; (fo. 9) text. There is no indication whether this is an autograph copy of Savile's work or otherwise.
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