1110 Sir Savile Crossley

Constituency  : Lowestoft  1885-92, Halifax 1900-06  ( from  1886  Liberal  Unionist )

Sir  Savile  took  the  new  seat  of  Lowestoft.

Savile  was  the  son  of  the  carpet  magnate  Francis  Crossley  and  inherited  his  baronetcy  in  1872.  He  was  educated  at Oxford  and  was  a  distinguished  rower. He  was  a  Whig  by  temperament. He  was  a  keen  hunter.

Savile's  maiden  sppech  supported  the  creation  of  a  Fishery  Board.

Savile  expected  defeat  in  1886  because,  he  said,  "there  are  large  numbers  of  fisherman  voters  who  hate  Chamberlain"  but  in  the  event  he  was  unopposed.

Savile  relinquished  his  seat  to the  Conservatives  in  1892  but  contested  a  by-election  at  Halifax  in  1897  which  he  lost  heavily. Nevertheless   he  was  elected  for  Halifax  in  1900  . He  became  Paymaster-General  in  Balfour's  government. He  was  defeated  in  1906.

In  1916  Savile  was  created  Baron  Somerleyton. He  became  a  government  whip  in  the  Lords  holding  this  office  until  1924.

He  died  in  1935  aged  77.