134 HALES — HALIFAX. III. 14841 o. Tatrick (Hepburn), Lord Hales [8.1, s, ami b., whoon 17 Oct. 1488, ma cr. KARL OK BOTH WELL [S.] See Unit dijjuity ; for/cited (with this Barony) 1569: i.e., "Hales" Barony [S.] (Stewart), er. 1581 with the Earldom of Botiuvkll [S.] which see ; forfeited 1592. i.e., " Hales of Emly " Barony (Hatex), cr. 169:2 by James II. (when iu exile) with the Earldom of Tenterden, which see. HALIFAX. Viscountcy. J. Sir George Saville, Bart., s. and h. of Sir I 1668 William S., 3d Bart., of Thomhill, Co. York, by Aune, da. of Thomas (Coventry), 1st Bauon Coventry of Aylksuorougii (the Earldom. Lord Keeper), was 6. 11 Nov. 1633 ; sue. his father as 4th Bart. T i/>-q ^ ^ an - 16 ' i3 /' i > W M.P. for Pontefract, 1660 ; Capt. of a troop 1. 10/ J. G f l£ or3e! & Cj aIK i Wils (probably chiefly on account of the zeal of Marauessate his parents for the Uoyal cause) cr. 13 Jan. 1 668, BAKON SAVILLH
- OF ELAND and VISCOUNT HALIFAX, both iu eo. York. He
I. 1682. was a Commissioner of Trade, 1669 ; P.C., 1672 ; was cr., 16 July 1697, EARL OF HALIFAX, being 17 Aug. 16S2, cr. MAKQUKSS OF HALIFAX. Lord Privy Seal, Oct. 1682 to Feb. 1685 ; President of the Council, Feb. to Dec. 1685, being Speaker of the House of Lords (in the Convention Purl.) Jan. 1689 and (again) Lord Privy Seal, March 1689 to Feb. 1690. He m. firstly, 29 Dec. 1656, at St. Giles in the fields (with a portion of £10,C00) Dorothy, da. of Henry (Spencer), • 1st Earl of Sunderland, by Dorothy, da. of Robert (Sidney), Earl of Leicester. She d. 16 Dec. 1670. He m. secondly, Nov. 1672, Gertrude, yst. da. of the Hon. William Pierrepont, of Thoresby, Notts (2d. s. of Robert, 1st Earl of Kingston upon Hull), by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Harris, of Tong, co. Salop. He d. 5 April 1695, aged 61, and was bur. 11th in Westm. Abbey.(") Will dat. 17 March 1691/2, to 4 April 1695, pr. 17 April 1695. His widow d. 1 and was bar. 5 Oct. 1727, in her 87th year at Westm. Abbey. Will dat. 24 Oct. 1723, to 26 Oct. 1726, pr. 19 Oct. 1727. [Henry Saville, styled Lord Eland, 1st s. and h. ap. by 1st wife; mat. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 11 April 1674, and then aged 13. He «., about April 1684, Esther, da. of Charles de la Tour, Marquis de Gouvernbt, in France, a distinguished Protestant. Lord Eland d. v.p. and s.p. in Midx. Will pr. 8 June 1688. His widow, who was 4. in France 1666, and who had been naturalised in England 22 Feb. 1687/8, was bur. 26 May 1694, iu Westm. Abbey. Will dat. 5 Jan. 1688/9, pr. 13 Dec. 1709.] II. 1095, 2. William (Saville), Marquess of Halifax .1682], to Earl of Halifax [1679], Viscount Halifax and Baron Saville of 1700. Eland [1668], also a Baronet [1611], 2d but 1st surv. s. and h., b. 1665 ; ed. at Geneva; mat. at Oxford as "Lord William Savill" (Ch. Ch.), 5 Dec. 1681, and then aged 16 ; B.A. (Corpus), 15 Oct. 1685; M.A., 13 March 1688. He was it;i'td Lord Eland, 1688-95; M.P. for Newark, 1689-95 ; sue. to the peerage April 1695. He m. firstly (Lie. Vic. Gen. 24 Nov. 1687, he about 22 and she about 16) Elizabeth, only surv. child aud (•) He was a Statesman of the first grade, the greatest probably of his period, tho' according to Bishop Burnet, he " changed sides so often that in the conclusion no side would trust him." Hence he was nicknamed " the Trimmer " and hence ho obtains a splendid eulogy from Lord Macaulay as a defender of " the ancient and legal constitution of the realm against a seditious populace at one conjuncture, and against a tyrannical government, at another." " As well might the Pole Star be called inconstant because it is sometimes to the east and sometimes to the west of the pointers."
