Sir George Savile, 1st Baronet of Thornhill (1551 – 12 November 1622),[1] was an English politician and the lineal ancestor of the Marquesses of Halifax.

George Savile himself was elected to serve as Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge in 1586 and for Yorkshire in 1593.

[4] His first wife, Mary Talbot, was the daughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury, and brought the estate of Rufford Abbey into the Savile family.

His second wife, Elizabeth Ayscough (widow of George Savile of Stanley),[6] was the mother of three more sons (John, Richard, and Henry) and four daughters.

Sir William, the 3rd baronet, was the father of George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax.