Viscount Savage
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Viscount Savage was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1626 for Sir Thomas Savage, 2nd Bt., husband of Elizabeth Darcy (whom he married in 1602) and heir-apparent by special remainder to his father-in-law's titles of Baron Darcy of Chiche (1613), Viscount Colchester (1621) and Earl Rivers (1626). He died in 1635 before inheriting these titles, so at the death of the 1st Earl Rivers in 1640 the titles went instead to Thomas Savage's son, John Savage, 2nd Viscount Savage, who became 2nd Earl Rivers. Thomas's widow Elizabeth was created Countess Rivers in her own right in 1641. The Savage viscountcy and baronetcy became extinct along with the Rivers titles in 1737.
[edit] Baronets of Savage of Rocksavage (1611)
- Sir John Savage, 1st Baronet (d. 1615)
- Sir Thomas Savage, 2nd Baronet (1586-1635), created Viscount Savage
[edit] Viscounts Savage (1626)
- Thomas Savage, 1st Viscount Savage (1586-1635)
- John Savage, 2nd Viscount Savage (1603-1654), became 2nd Earl Rivers
- Thomas Savage, 3rd Viscount Savage, 3rd Earl Rivers (1628-1694)
- Richard Savage, 4th Viscount Savage, 4th Earl Rivers (1654-1712)
- John Savage, 5th Viscount Savage, 5th Earl Rivers (1665-1737)
