Background
Born John Lumley-Savile, he was the eldest of the five illegitimate children of John Lumley-Savile, 8th Earl of Scarbrough and the grandson of John Lumley-Savile, 7th Earl of Scarbrough.
Born John Lumley-Savile, he was the eldest of the five illegitimate children of John Lumley-Savile, 8th Earl of Scarbrough and the grandson of John Lumley-Savile, 7th Earl of Scarbrough.
Lumley-Savile"s mother was of French origin. He served as Attaché at the British embassies in Berlin from 1842 to 1849, in Street St. Petersburg from 1849 to 1854 and as Secretary of Legation in Washington from 1854 to 1858, in Madrid from 1858 to 1860 and in Constantinople in 1860. The latter year Lumley-Savile was appointed Secretary to the Embassy in Street St. Petersburg, in which post he remained until 1868.
Lumley-Savile later served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Saxony from 1866 to 1867.
He was then Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation until 1868, when he was transferred to Belgium until 1883. The latter year he was admitted to the Privy Council and appointed Ambassador to Italy, a post he held until 1888.
Lord Savile died in November 1896, aged 78. John Savile was laid to rest at Street Margaret"s Church, Bilsthorpe in Nottinghamshire.
While in Russia he was made a member of the Russian Imperial Academy in 1866.