Mark Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate
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The Right Honourable The Lord Saville of Newdigate PC, QC |
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| Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom | |
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In office 1 October 2009 – 30 September 2010 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Lord Wilson of Culworth |
| Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |
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In office 28 July 1997 – 30 September 2009 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Mustill |
| Succeeded by | Position eliminated |
| Lord Justice of Appeal | |
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In office 1994–1997 |
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| High Court Judge | |
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In office 1985–1993 |
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Mark Oliver Saville 20 March 1936 |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Jill Gray |
| Alma mater | Brasenose College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Profession | Barrister |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1954–1956 |
| Rank | Second Lieutenant |
| Unit | Royal Sussex Regiment |
Mark Oliver Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate PC, QC (born 20 March 1936) is a British judge and former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Saville was born on 20 March 1936 to Kenneth Vivian Saville and Olivia Sarah Frances Gray, and educated at Rye Grammar School. He undertook National Service in the Royal Sussex Regiment between 1954 and 1956 at the rank of Second Lieutenant. He studied at Brasenose College, Oxford, graduating with first class honours in law (Bachelor of Arts) and a Bachelor of Civil Law degree, and where he won the Vinerian Scholarship. He was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1962, becoming a Bencher in 1983, and became a Queen's Counsel in 1975. He co-edited Essays in Honour of Sir Brian Neill: the Quintessential Judge with Richard Susskind, former Gresham Professor of Law, and contributed to Civil Court Service 2007.
Saville was appointed a Judge of the High Court in 1985 and, as is tradition, was knighted at this time. In 1994, he became a Lord Justice of Appeal, a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, and was appointed to the Privy Council, affording him the style, The Right Honourable. On 28 July 1997, he replaced Lord Mustill as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, receiving a life peerage as Baron Saville of Newdigate of Newdigate in the County of Surrey. He and nine other Lords of Appeal in Ordinary became Justices of the Supreme Court upon that body's inauguration on 1 October 2009. He sits as a crossbencher.
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