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No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave nor any so cunning a knave as not to have the weakness sometimes to play the fool.
Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet
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Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet
Age: 57 †
Born: 1726
Born: July 18
Died: 1784
Died: January 10
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George Savile
Sir George Savile
8th Bt.
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