John Savile, 3rd Earl of Mexborough

He was the son of John Savile, 2nd Earl of Mexborough by his wife Elizabeth Stephenson, a daughter of Henry Stephenson.

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), 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 six sons and one daughter:^[3]

• John Savile, 4th Earl of Mexborough (1810–1899), eldest son and heir
• Hon. Henry Alexander Savile (12 December 1811 – 1 March 1850)
• Lady Sarah Elizabeth Savile (28 January 1813 – 16 December 1890), married Hon. Sir James Lindsay, son of James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford
• Rev. Hon. Philip Yorke Savile (23 August 1814 – 23 July 1897), married Emily Mary Brand Hale
• Hon. Charles Stuart Savile (23 February 1816 – 1 March 1870), diplomat and author, married Paulina Mary Ann King
• Hon. Frederick Savile (17 March 1817 – 3 April 1851), married Antonia Archdall
• Rev. Hon. Arthur Savile (20 December 1819 – 23 April 1870), married Lady Georgina Neville, daughter of 3rd Baron Braybrooke