Christopher Atkinson Saville

Christopher Atkinson (c. 1738 – 23 April 1819), from about 1798 known as Christopher Atkinson Savile or Saville, was an English merchant and politician.

Born in Yorkshire, Atkinson moved to London and married the niece of a corn merchant, entering that trade himself at the London Corn Exchange.

Marriages and children Atkinson’s first wife was Jane Constable, a daughter of John Constable and the aunt of the painter John Constable.

His second wife was Jane Savile, a daughter of John Savile (1712-1778). Their only son, Albany Savile, was the grandfather of Sir Leopold Halliday Savile. Albany was one of the members of parliament for the family’s borough of Okehampton between 1807 and 1820, briefly serving alongside his father as the borough’s other member.

Savile had an illegitimate son, Robert Farrand, who was one of the Members for Hedon in 1818–1820 and later a Member for Stafford in 1837.

Relationship with John Constable In his diary, Joseph Farington describes a dinner with John Constable in 1811 at which Savile was discussed: