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    The title Marquess of Halifax was created in the Peerage of England in 1682 for the George Savile, 1st Earl of Halifax. He had previously been created...
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    and second creations of the title Viscount Halifax. The holder of the first creation was later granted the title Marquess of Halifax. The second and third...
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    1st Marquess of Halifax, PC, DL, FRS (11 November 1633 – 5 April 1695), was an English statesman, writer, and politician who sat in the House of Commons...
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    Viscountess Halifax (née Spencer; 1640 – 16 December 1670) was the first wife of George Savile, 1st Viscount Halifax, and the mother of the 2nd Marquess. Dorothy...
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    Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax (1665 – 31 August 1700), was the son of George Savile, 1st Viscount Halifax and Dorothy Savile, Viscountess Halifax (née Spencer)...
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  • 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695), English statesman, writer and politician William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax (1665–1700) Joan Halifax (born...
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    daughter of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and Lady Dorothy Savile. Her mother was the daughter of William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax and Lady...
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    1st Marquess of Halifax, a key adviser to William III in the early years of his reign, and though he and Sunderland had never been close, Halifax felt...
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  • coal on a steam ship Hair clipper George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, author of The Character of a Trimmer, which was and is often held to describe...
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    who was created Baron Savile of Eland and Viscount Halifax in 1668 and later became the Marquess of Halifax (this creation of the earldom became extinct...
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