Savage family

Savage (French: le Sauvage, Latin: Silvaticus) is an Anglo-Norman surname which was used by several English and Anglo-Irish knightly or gentry families, several of whom were politically important in England or Ireland.

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography gives specific articles for the following prominent branches: The Ulster Savage family of approximately 1333–1519.

[1] Prominent members include the following:[2] This family were established in Cheshire when Sir John Savage (died 1386) married Margaret d'Anyers, heiress of Clifton.

[3][4] The Savages of Rocksavage married into several notable noble families such as the Stanleys and the Morleys.

Before eventually ascending to the peerage themselves, first as Viscounts Savage and later as Earls Rivers.