Savile (sav'il), George, first Marquis of Halifax

Born 1630: died at London, April 20, 1695. An English statesman, author, and orator. He was 3 made privy councilor 1672; and in 1680 caused the rejection of the Exclusion Bill debarring the Duke of York, as a papist, from succeeding to the throne. He was lord privy seal 1682-85 and 1689, and was the chief of the party called the "Trimmers." His “Miscellanies” were published in 1700. x, England, Savile, Sir Henry. Born near Halifax, England, Nov. 30, 1549: died at Eton, England, Feb. 19, 1622. An English cla ical scholar and mathematician. Besides mathematical works he published "Rerum Anglicarum script ores post Bedam" (1596), an edition of Chrysostom, etc. Savio (sä've-ō). A small river in eastern Italy which flows into the Adriatic 8 miles southeast of Ravenna: the ancient Sapis.