John Savage (Irish politician)

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Sir John Savage (1814 - 1883) was the mayor of Belfast, Ireland (now Northern Ireland) in 1872.

Born in 1814 in Glenavy, a town in Antrim, he was knighted upon becoming mayor of Belfast. [1]

Following a riot in the Summer of 1872 that served as a precursor to the 1886 Belfast Riots, he put forth a proclamation that closed public houses for a week, authorized government forces to disperse any public gatherings, and authorized government forces to enter any buildings where shots had been fired. [2]

Savage eventually removed constabulary forces from the city, citing the "perfectly peaceful condition" that had arisen after hostilities had cooled. [3]

He married a woman named Mary Turtle in 1838, [4] and died in 1883, allegedly committing suicide without reason. [5]

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References

  1. Foster, Joseph (1 January 1881). The baronetage and knightage. Nichols and Sons. p. 733.
  2. Doyle, Mark (11 August 2016). Communal Violence in the British Empire: Disturbing the Pax. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 68. ISBN   9781474268271.
  3. Radford, Mark (23 April 2015). The Policing of Belfast 1870-1914. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 78–79. ISBN   9781472506375.
  4. Dod, Charles Roger; Dod, Robert Phipps (1 January 1904). Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, Including All the Titled Classes. p. 806.
  5. "National Library of Australia". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 July 1883. p. 4. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
Civic offices
Preceded by
Phillip Johnston
Mayor of Belfast
1872
Succeeded by