John Savile, 3rd Earl of Mexborough (3 July 1783 – 25 December 1860), [1] styled Viscount Pollington until 1830, was a British peer and Tory [2] politician.
He was the son of John Savile, 2nd Earl of Mexborough by his wife Elizabeth Stephenson, a daughter of Henry Stephenson. [3]
At the 1807 general election, Mexborough was returned as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontefract, having unsuccessfully contested the seat in 1806. [2] He was defeated at the 1812 general election, but won the seat back at by-election in December 1812, [2] and held it until he stood down at the 1826 election. He was re-elected in 1831, but did not stand again at the 1832 general election. [2]
He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1830. However, as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords.
In 1807 he married Lady Anne Yorke (d.1870), [3] a daughter of Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke by his wife Elizabeth Lindsay, a daughter of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres. By Lady Anne Yorke he had issue including:
He died in December 1860, aged 87, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, John Savile, 4th Earl of Mexborough.