Earl of Mexborough, of Lifford

Lifford

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 in the County of Donegal

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, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland

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. It was created in 1766 for John Savile, 1st Baron Pollington

John Savile, 1st Earl of Mexborough

Sir John Savile , later 1st Lord Pollington and 1st Earl of Mexborough, was an English peer and Member of Parliament.Savile was the eldest son of Charles Savile of Methley...

, Member of Parliament

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 for Hedon

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 and New Shoreham

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. He had already been created Baron Pollington, of Longford

Longford

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 in the County of Longford

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, in 1753, and was made Viscount Pollington, of Ferns

Ferns, County Wexford

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 in the County of Wexford

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, at the same time as he was given the earldom. These titles are also in the Peerage of Ireland. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He represented Lincoln

Lincoln (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the House of Commons

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. His son, the third Earl, was Member of Parliament for Pontefract

Pontefract (UK Parliament constituency)

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 for many years. On his death the titles passed to his son, the fourth Earl. He represented Gatton

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 and Pontefract in Parliament as a Conservative

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. His son, the fifth Earl, was High Sheriff of Yorkshire

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 in 1877. He was succeeded by his half-brother, the sixth Earl. the titles are held by the latter's grandson, the eighth Earl, who succeeded his father in 1980.

Despite their territorial designation

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s and the fact that they are in the Peerage of Ireland, all three titles refer to places in England

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, namely Mexborough

Mexborough

Mexborough is a town in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, situated on the north bank of the River Don west of its confluence with the River Dearne...

 and Pollington

Pollington

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 in Yorkshire

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.

The current seat of the Earls of Mexborough is Arden Hall, near Hawnby, in Yorkshire. The estate was purchased by the family in 1897. Previously the family had lived at Methley

Methley

Methley is a dispersed village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, south east of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is located near Rothwell, Oulton, Woodlesford, Mickletown and Allerton Bywater. It nestles in the triangle formed by Leeds, Castleford and Wakefield, and is between the...

 Hall, which was demolished in 1958.

Earls of Mexborough (1766)

• John Savile, 1st Earl of Mexborough
  John Savile, 1st Earl of Mexborough
  Sir John Savile , later 1st Lord Pollington and 1st Earl of Mexborough, was an English peer and Member of Parliament.Savile was the eldest son of Charles Savile of Methley...
  
   (1719–1778)
• John Savile, 2nd Earl of Mexborough
  John Savile, 2nd Earl of Mexborough
  John Savile, 2nd Earl of Mexborough , styled Viscount Pollington between 1766 and 1778, was a British peer and politician.-Background:Mexborough was the son of John Savile, 1st Earl of Mexborough, and Sarah ....
  
   (1761–1830)
• John Savile, 3rd Earl of Mexborough
  John Savile, 3rd Earl of Mexborough
  John Savile, 3rd Earl of Mexborough , styled Viscount Pollington until 1830, was a British peer and Tory politician.-Background:...
  
   (1783–1860)
• John Charles George Savile, 4th Earl of Mexborough
  John Savile, 4th Earl of Mexborough
  John Charles George Savile, 4th Earl of Mexborough , styled Viscount Pollington between 1830 and 1860, was a British peer and Tory politician...
  
   (1810–1899)
• John Horace Savile, 5th Earl of Mexborough (1843–1916)
• John Henry Savile, 6th Earl of Mexborough (1868–1945)
• John Raphael Wentworth Savile, 7th Earl of Mexborough (1906–1980)
• John Christopher George Savile, 8th Earl of Mexborough (b. 1931)

The heir apparent

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 is the present holder's eldest son John Andrew Bruce Savile, Viscount Pollington (b. 1959)

The heir apparent's heir presumptive

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is his half-brother the Hon. James Hugh Hope John Savile (b. 1976)