Samuel Savery
{{Short description|British politician (1861–1938)}}
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| name = Sir Samuel Savery
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| office = Member of Parliament for Holderness
| term_start = 6 December 1923
| term_end = 27 December 1938
| predecessor = Audley Bowdler
| successor = Gurney Braithwaite
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| birth_date = March 1861
| birth_place = Oxford, United Kingdom
| death_date = 27 December 1938
| death_place = Cheltenham, United Kingdom
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| party = Conservative Party
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Sir Samuel Servington Savery (March 1861 – 27 December 1938) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Holderness from 1923 to 1938. He was also founder and the first Headmaster of Bramcote School, Scarborough.
Early life and education
Savery was born in Oxford the son of Rev. George Savery. He was educated at Kingswood School in Bath, Somerset. He obtained a Master of Arts from Christ Church, Oxford before going to Scarborough, North Yorkshire and founding Bramcote Preparatory School.
Political career
During his career he was a member of Holderness County Council, North Riding County Council and was also a Justice of the Peace in Scarborough.{{cite news|title=Obituary: Sir Servington Savery, M.P.|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000687%2f19381228%2f092|accessdate=17 February 2015|work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer|date=28 December 1938|url-access=subscription }}
Savery was elected Chairman of the Scarborough and Whitby Conservative Association, although he was eventually chosen by Holderness Conservative Association to contest the 1923 general election for that constituency. At the 1923 general election he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Holderness. He defeated the Liberal Party incumbent, Audley Bowdler, who had enacted the first change of party allegiance of the constituency in its history. He held the seat until his death in 1938, aged 77. In 1937, Savery was knighted for "public and political services."{{cite news|title=Bachelor M.P. Dies at Cheltenham|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000325%2f19381228%2f064|accessdate=17 February 2015|work=Gloucester Citizen|date=28 December 1938|url-access=subscription }}
Death
Until his death, Savery's age was a mystery with Debrett's giving his age as "Born 18..." and Whitaker's Almanack simply as "Born..." Several hours after his death, however, his age, which was 77, was revealed to the world.{{cite news|title=Death Reveals M.P.'s Secret|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000564%2f19381228%2f111|accessdate=17 February 2015|work=Dundee Courier|date=28 December 1938|url-access=subscription }}
Arms
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|image = Sir Samuel Servington Savery Escutcheon.png
|escutcheon = Gules a chevron Vair between three unicorns' heads couped Or a spur of the last.
|crest = Between two wings Sable a heron's head erased Argent collared and holding in the beak a spur.
|motto = Aut Vita Libera Aut Mors Gloriosa
|badge = A glass wine bottle emitting smoke Proper.
|notes = Granted 10 May 1037 by Garter Wollaston and Clarenceux Cochrane.{{cite web |date=8 October 2024|url=https://heraldryonline.wordpress.com/2024/10/08/grant-of-arms-sir-samuel-sewington-savery-1937/ |publisher=Stephen J F Plowman |title=Grant of Arms: Sir Samuel Sewington Savery, 1937 |access-date=2 November 2024 }}
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References
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Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Category:Politicians from Oxford
Category:Politicians from Scarborough, North Yorkshire
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