SAVILL, Samuel (c.1700-63), of Colchester and Stisted Hall, Essex.

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
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Constituency

Dates

26 Feb. 1742 - 1747

Family and Education

b. c.1700, 2nd s. of John Savill, mercer, of Colchester. m.Sarah, da. of Edward Husbands of Little Horkesley, Essex, 2da. suc. bro. John to Stisted Hall 1735.1

Offices Held

Biography

Returned for Colchester on petition in 1742, Savill voted against the Administration in all recorded divisions. His name was sent to the French Government in 1743 as a faithful supporter of the House of Stuart.2 He did not stand in 1747, and died 2 Apr. 1763.

Ref Volumes: 1715-1754

Author: Eveline Cruickshanks

Notes

  • 1. Morant, Essex, ii. 391; Essex Review, vi. 186; Venn, Al. Cant. pt. 1, iv. 22.
  • 2. AEM and D. Angl. 82, ff. 149-57; see under GRAY, Charles.