Essays Political And Biographical

old Rufford, or poor old Rufford, as Lord Halifax called it, the well-known seat of the Saviles in Nottinghamshire?was joined to the princely possessions of the race by another marriage in the reign of Elizabeth. If George Savile began life with many advantages from the extent of his property, he derived almost equal position from his connection with the ruling families.His grandmother, a Wentworth, was the sister of Straf- ford; his mother, a Coventry, the daughter of Lord Keeper Coventry. Her sister was married to the first Lord Shaftesbury; Achitophel, therefore, was the uncle of Jotham. The significance of these connections was emphasized by George Savile's own marriages. His first wife was the daughter of the Lord Sunderland who fell at Newbury, and the sister of the Sunderland who occupies so large arvd so unenviable a position in the history of the later Stuarts. Her mother, the Sacharissa of Waller, was the sister of Algernon Sidney.1 George Savile's second wife... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.