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John Savile Lumley-Savile, 2nd Baron Savile KCVO, christened with the name John Savile-Lumley (20 September 1854[1][2] – 3 April 1931) was an English landowner, diplomat, and sportsman.[3]
John Savile-Lumley's father was Rev. Frederick Savile-Lumley, Rector of Bilsthorpe. John Savile (1818–1896) was John Savile-Lumley's uncle. John Savile (1818–1896) was in 1888 raised to the peerage as Baron Savile, of Rufford in the County of Nottingham, with remainder to his nephew John Savile-Lumley (later Lumley-Savile). Lord Savile died in November 1896, aged 78. He was succeeded in the Barony according to the special remainder by his nephew John Savile Lumley-Savile, 2nd Baron Savile, who in 1898 assumed by royal license the name of Savile after Lumley.[1]
After education at Eton, John Savile-Lumley served in the British Diplomatic Corps. He was nominated Attaché at Brussels in 1874, became 2nd Secretary in Athens in 1879, exchanged into the Foreign Office in 1881, and retired in 1889. In the early 1900s he owned about 33,900 acres, comprising the family estates in Nottinghamshire and the West Riding of Yorkshire. He enjoyed shooting, fishing, and golf.[3]
He was a Justice of the Peace for Nottinghamshire and in 1904 was made KVOC.[3] He married in 1894 but his first wife died in 1912 without issue. He married for the second time in 1916; the marriage produced George Halifax Lumley-Savile, heir to the title.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Savile, Baron". Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. London: Dean & Son. 1902. p. 724.
- ^ Many sources and some of the Who's Who volumes list 1853 as the year of birth, but Debrett's seems to have the correct year. "Savile, 2nd Baron (cr. 1888), John Savile Lumley-Savile". Who's Who: p. 1964. 1916.
{{cite journal}}:|page=has extra text (help) - ^ a b c "Savile, 2nd Baron (cr. 1888), John Savile Lumley-Savile". Who's Who: p. 1852. 1914.
{{cite journal}}:|page=has extra text (help) - ^ Helsilrige, Arthur G. M., ed. (1920). "Savile, Baron". Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. London: Dean & Son. p. 795.