Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet

Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet of Thornhill FRS (18 July 1726 – 10 January 1784), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1759 to 1783.

In general he advocated views of a very liberal character, including measures of relief to Roman Catholics and to Protestant dissenters, and he defended the action of the American colonists.

[5] Savile died unmarried in London and was buried in the family vault at Thornhill, West Riding of Yorkshire.

[3] Part of the inscription on his statue in York Minster by John Fisher reads, "In private life, he was benevolent, and sincere; His charities were extensive and secret; His whole heart was founded on principles Of generosity, mildness, justice, and universal candour.

He made a fine collection of pictures and died at Rufford on 28 November 1896, when his nephew John Lumley-Savile (born 1854) became the 2nd Baron.