Joseph Savory

Sir Joseph Savory, 1st Baronet (23 July 1843 – 1 October 1921) was a Sheriff of London, Lord Mayor of London and MP.

He was born in Clapton, London, the eldest son of Joseph Savory of Buckhurst Park and Mary Caroline née Braithwaite, at Winkfield in Berkshire which he inherited in 1879. He was educated at Harrow School.

He joined the family business of A.B. Savory and Sons and became an alderman of the City of London for the Bridge Without ward. He was appointed Sheriff of London and Middlesex for 1882 and elected Lord Mayor of London for 1890. He was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Berkshire and for Westmorland, where he was Lord of the Manors of Wharton and Nateby. He was made a baronet on 14 September 1891.^[1] In 1892 he was returned as MP for Appleby until 1900.^[2]

He was involved in the management of the New River Company and the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company.

He made several improvements to the Buckhurst Park estate and was a lay preacher who took morning services at nearby Chavey Down and preached in South Ascot.^[3]

He married Helen Pemberton Leach, daughter of Col. Sir George Archibald Leach, in 1888.^[4] He is buried at St Mary's Church in Winkfield, Berkshire.

References

↑ Burke, Bernard (1903). Ashworth P. Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage (65th ed.). London: Harrison and Sons. p. 1344.
↑ "The county families of the United Kingdom". 59. 1919: 319. Retrieved 31 July 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
↑ "Tun cottage, Ascot". Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
↑ "Varrall x Newbatt". Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2011.

External links

Media related to Joseph Savory at Wikimedia Commons

Civic offices

Preceded by

Sir Henry Isaacs

562nd Lord Mayor of London
1890–1891

Succeeded by

David Evans

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Preceded by

William Lowther

Member of Parliament for Appleby
1892–1900

Succeeded by

Richard Rigg

Baronetage of the United Kingdom

New creation

Baronet
(of Buckhurst Park)
1891–1921

Extinct

Preceded by

Stephen baronets

Savory baronets
of Buckhurst Park
14 September 1891

Succeeded by

O'Brien baronets

[1] Burke, Bernard (1903). Ashworth P. Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage (65th ed.). London: Harrison and Sons. p. 1344.

[2] "The county families of the United Kingdom". 59. 1919: 319. Retrieved 31 July 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[3] "Tun cottage, Ascot". Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2011.

[4] "Varrall x Newbatt". Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2011.

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