Arthur savage biography
- Arthur William Savage, was a British businessman, inventor, and explorer.
- Arthur William Savage (May 19, 1857 – September 22, 1938), was a British businessman, inventor, and explorer.
- Arthur Savage was an adventurer, entrepreneur, and generally creative businessman who worked in a fascinating variety of enterprises, including Savage Arms.
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Arthur Savage senior
Profile & Legacies Summary
1766 - 1815
Biography
Arthur Savage was the son of an American loyalist, in turn also Arthur (d. 1801, originally a merchant 'in the West India way' in Boston). The younger Arthur Savage of this entry became a merchant in the partnership of Arthur Savage & Co. Kingston Jamaica, and coffee planter of Strawberry Hill. He in turn had two 'natural' sons - Arthur and Richard. Arthur Savage died c. 1815. In his will be made specific bequests to among others his nieces left his residual estate to his sister Faith (later Fidelia, who married the Rev. Richard Munkhouse, both q.v.), and to two natural sons, Arthur and Richard by Jane Bowie. His will also provided for them to be educated in England.
The London merchant firm of Bird, Savage & Bird was clearly connected to the family given the evidence of naming practices including 'Bird' among the children of Arthur's sister Faith/Fidelia Munkhouse. Fidelia's husband, Rev. Richard Munkhouse, was on terms of friendship with John Savage (the father of Benjamin of Bird, Sa
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When Arthur William Savage was born on 13 May 1857, in Kingston, Jamaica, his father, John Ashton Savage, was 38 and his mother, Jane Henderson, was 30. He married Ann Bryant in 1879, in Queensland, Australia. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Utica, Oneida, New York, United States in 1900 and Duarte, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1910. He died on 22 September 1938, in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 81.
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SAVAGE, ARTHUR, first secretary of the Province of Nova Scotia; fl. 1720–31.
A merchant from Boston, Savage moved to Annapolis Royal, N.S., early in 1720. In that year he was appointed secretary to the new council established by Governor Richard Philipps* to provide a form of civil government for the province. In addition he was given the post of naval officer, a minor function involving the registry of vessels trading in provincial waters.
Although he seems to have been a quiet, business-like man, Savage became embroiled in petty quarrels between the New England traders, the officers of the garrison at Annapolis Royal, and the council members. He successfully refuted the charges of Lieutenant John Washington, who accused him of exacting high fees from the Acadians and of monopolizing with Philipps the sale of provisions to the garrison. The atmosphere at Annapolis not being to Savage’s liking, he returned to Boston, probably early in 1722. In 1724 he petitioned the authorities in England for his pay as secretary, claiming that Philipps had withheld his salary. He did
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