George Savile, English politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1633)

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, was an English statesman and writer who sat in the House of Commons of England in 1660 before being elevated to the House of Lords after he was raised to the peerage in 1668.

The Lord President of the Council is the presiding officer of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom and the fourth of the Great Officers of State, ranking below the Lord High Treasurer but above the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal. The Lord President usually attends and is responsible for chairing the meetings of the Privy Council, presenting business for the approval of the Sovereign.