John Savile, 1st Earl of Mexborough

John Savile, 1st Earl of Mexborough (December 1719 – 17 February 1778), known as The Lord Pollington between 1753 and 1766, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.

He entered Parliament in 1747 as member for Hedon in East Yorkshire, and subsequently also represented New Shoreham.

Mexborough was a friend and patron of the playwright and actor-manager Samuel Foote; it was while on a visit to Mexborough in 1766 that Foote lost a leg in a riding accident.

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The 1st Earl of Mexborough, with his wife and son
Arms of Savile: Argent, on a bend sable three owls of the field