John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers

The Right Honourable The Earl Rivers
Member of Parliament for Cheshire
In office 1624–1625
Personal details
Born	c. 1603
Died	10 October 1654 (aged 50–51) Frodsham Castle, Frodsham, Cheshire
Resting place	Macclesfield, Cheshire
Spouse(s)	Lady Catherine Parker Mary Ogle
Children	with Catherine: Thomas Savage, 3rd Earl Rivers Lady Jane Savage Elizabeth, Baroness Petre Catherine, Lady Sedley Lady Mary Killigrew with Mary: Hon. Peter Savage
Parents	Thomas Savage, 1st Viscount Savage Elizabeth Savage, Countess Rivers

John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers (c. 1603 – 10 October 1654) was a wealthy English politician and Royalist from Cheshire.

Savage was the first son of Thomas Savage, 1st Viscount Savage and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Darcy, 1st Earl Rivers. He succeeded to the Savage viscountcy in 1635 on the death of his father, and succeeded to the Rivers earldom on the death of his grandfather in 1640, by a remainder to his father and his heirs.

By 1626, he had married Catherine, daughter of William Parker, 13th Baron Morley by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Tresham, and they had eight children, including: Thomas, who succeeded as 3rd Earl Rivers; Jane, who married firstly George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos, secondly Sir William Sidley, 4th Baronet, and thirdly George Pitt;, Elizabeth, who married William Petre, 4th Baron Petre; Catherine, who married Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, and Mary, who married Henry Killigrew, groom of the bedchamber to James II, son of Thomas Killigrew. By 1647, he had married Mary, daughter of Thomas Ogle, and they had one child, Peter.

He was from a Catholic family and he and his family owned land in Ireland and England. Oxford educated, he followed into politics and became Member of Parliament for Cheshire. The Savage family were lords of the manor of Frodsham. His coat of arms, argent, six Lions rampant, sable, 3.2. and 1. Savage. The family crest was a bear paw.

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