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General First nameLord
LastnameMexborough
GenderMale
CountryEngland
Date of birth1906-10-11
Place of birth, England
Date of death1980-05-15
Place of death, England


About

The descendant of an ancient family of the Yorkshire aristocracy was born as John Raphael Wentworth Savile.
From 1916 to 1945 he was known as Viscount Pollington. In 1945 he succeeded his father as 7th Earl of Mexborough of Lifford,Viscount Pollington of Ferns
(1766) and 7th Baron Pollington of Longford (1753).Since these titles were created in the Peerage of the Kingdom of Ireland,he was not entitled to a hereditary seat in the House of Lords.He was a wealthy landowner in Yorkshire (about 20.000 acres) and served as Justice of the Peace(1935-1947)
and Deputy Lieutenant (1967) of the North and West Riding of Yorkshire.Tennis seems to have been his favourite sport.

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Archive statistics Career1946 - 1969
Tournament wins1
Matches43
Match wins11


Tournament wins 1949 - Scottish Highland Championships (Amateur)


Tournaments South of England Championships - 1969 Northern Lawn Tennis Association Tournament - 1961 Roland Garros Qualifying - 1960 Northern Lawn Tennis Association Tournament - 1960 Menton - 1959 Surrey - 1959 Roland Garros Qualifying - 1957 Monte Carlo Mid-Winter - 1957 Italian International Championships - 1956 Menton - 1956 Italian International Championships - 1955 Roland Garros - 1954 Gstaad - 1954 Menton - 1953 San Remo - 1951 Roland Garros - 1950 British Hard Court Championships - 1950 North of England Championships - 1950 Scottish Highland Championships - 1950 Harrogate Hard Courts - 1950 North of England Championships - 1949 Scottish Highland Championships - 1949 Harrogate Hard Courts - 1949 Monte Carlo Country Club b - 1949 Scottish Highland Championships - 1947 North of England Hardcourts - 1947 Chapel Allerton - 1947 Monte Carlo Country Club b - 1947 Cromer Covered Courts Autumn Meeting - 1947 North of England Championships - 1946 North of England Hardcourts - 1946 London Hard Courts - 1946 Chapel Allerton - 1946