SAYER, ARTHUR, brother of William Sayer (qv); b. 15 Aug 1856; adm. 27 May 1869 (G); left Whitsun 1872; clerk, Bank of England (in 1881); inherited Pett Place estate from elder brother 1917; m. 20 Sep 1887 Anna Kate, youngest dau. of Benjamin Smith, Westbourne Terrace Road, Bayswater; d. 1 Jun 1942.

Sayer, Arthur Gerald, only son of Arthur Sayer (q.v.); b. Aug. 16, 1888; adm. April 23, 1902 (G); left July 1907; Magd. Coll. Oxon., matric. Oct. 1907; B.A. 1910; M.A. 1914; ordained deacon 1911, priest 1912 (Bristol); Curate of St. Paul's, Swindon, Wilts, 1911-3, of Folkestone 1914-6, and of St. Peter's, Bournemouth, 1916-23; Vicar of Westend, Hants, 1923-8; Curate of Lelant, Cornwall, 1929-31; Vicar of St. Michael, Maidstone, 1931-9; Perpetual Curate of St. Peter, Bushey Heath, Herts, 1939-46; licensed to officiate Diocese of Truro, 1946; In­spector of Schools, Truro, Diocese 1949; Prebendary of St. Endellion 1954; m. Oct. 17, 1922, Bridget Catherine, younger daughter of Edward St. Aubyn; d. 1971.

SAY, FRANCIS, son of Hugh Say, Ludgate Hill, London, citizen and merchant taylor, and Mary Ward; bapt. St. Anne’s, Blackfriars 18 Oct 1689 (IGI); adm.; QS 1704; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1708, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1708, aged 18, scholar 13 May 1709, matr. 1709; BA 1711/2; MA 1715; adm. Middle Temple 20 Oct 1719; private secretary to five successive Bishops of Ely, and in that capacity endeavoured to settle amicably the disputes between Richard Bentley and the Fellows of Trinity Coll.; Librarian to Queen Caroline at St. James’s Mar – Dec 1737; d. 10 Sep 1748.

SAWYER, EDMUND, brother of Charles Sawyer (qv); b. 13 Dec 1816; adm. 9 Jun 1828 (Stikeman's); KS 1829; left 1834; adm. Middle Temple 11 Jan 1837, called to bar 31 Jan 1840; equity draftsman and conveyancer; living Bray, Berks., not practising at bar, 1881 (1881 Census); still in Law List 1900, but without address.

SAWYER, CHARLES, eldest son of Charles Sawyer, Heywood Lodge, Maidenhead, Berks., and Henrietta, eldest dau. of Adm. Sir George Bowyer, Bart., MP; b. 19 Jul 1813; adm. 19 Sep 1825 (Stikeman's); left Jun 1828; St. Alban Hall, Oxford, matr. 13 Apr 1831; Ensign, 3rd Foot 6 Sep 1833; Lieut., 8 Apr 1836; Capt., 8 Aug 1845; 6th Dragoon Guards 12 Jun 1846; Maj., 1 Aug 1856; Lieut. -Col., 20 Jul 1858; Col., 30 Jul 1864; Major-Gen., 11 Jan 1870; ret. with hon. rank Lieut. -Gen., 1 Jul 1881; served in Crimean War and Indian Mutiny; landowner in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire; m. 15 Aug 1840 Anna Maria, dau. of Capt. John Fam Timins, Hatfield, Herts.; d. 2 Jan 1892.

Sawers, Desmond Robin Briscoe (subsequently Robin Desmond Briscoe), brother of David Richard Hall Sawers (qv); b. 2 Jan. 1935; adm. Sept. 1948 (A); left July 1953; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1953, BA 1956, MA 1964; Brit. Council Schol. Univ. of Münster, Germany 1957-8; German and French editor George G. Harrap & Co, publishers, 1959-84, chief mod. languages editor 1973-84; sen. editor OUP German Dictionaries 1984-8; man. editor Oxford Hachette; freelance editor, lexicographer and translator 1990-2005; editor English Music Festival and EM Publishing; m. 6 Jun 1966 Eva-Maria Sawers, translator and lexicographer, d. of Herbert Josef Weisser, dentist, Ried im Innkreis, Austria; d. 2018.

SAWELL, THOMAS, son of Robert Sawell, Woburn, Beds., schoolmaster; b.; adm. (aged 12) Feb 1745/6 (Gibson's); KS 1749; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1753, adm. pens. 20 Jun 1753, scholar 3 May 1754; BA 1757; MA 1770; usher at his father’s school at Apsley, Beds.; ordained; Rector of Wavendon, Bucks., 2 Apr 1768, but resigned same year; Rector of Battlesden with Potsgrove, Beds., from 2 Jul 1775; Rector of Milbrooke, Beds. (disp. to hold with Battlesden 1775); lic. to m. 25 Oct 1775 Fanny Davies, St. Giles in the Fields, London; d. 6 Aug 1784.

SAVILE, BOURCHIER WREY, second son of Albany Savile MP, Oaklands, Devon, and Eleonora Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Bourchier Wrey, Bart.; b. 11 Mar 1817; adm. 23 Jan 1828 (Stikeman's); KS 1831; left 1835; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge; BA 1839; MA 1842; ordained deacon (Worcester) 26 Jul 1840, priest (Winchester) 11 Jul 1841; Curate, Halesowen, Shropshire 1840-1; Vicar of Okehampton, Devon 1841 [check]; Rector of Dunchideock, with Shillingford St. George, Devon, from 1872; author, Anglo-Israelism and the Great Pyramid, 1880, and theological works; m. 28 Apr 1842 Mary Elizabeth, third dau. of James Whyte, Pilton House, Devon; d. 14 Apr 1888. DNB.

SAVAGE, SIR WILLIAM, son of William Savage, Bloxworth, Dorset, and Grace ---; b. 14 May 1687; adm.; QS 1702; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1704, aged 17, scholar 2 May 1705, matr. 1704; adm. Middle Temple 8 Feb 1705/6, called to bar 11 May 1711; Solicitor-Gen., Barbados 1714; knighted 21 Mar 1721; m. Thomazin, widow of Wardell Andrews, Barbados, and dau. of Col. Thomas Thornhill; d. Nov 1721.

Savage, Patrick Morris Boscawen, son of Lieut.-Col. Morris Boscawen Savage CBE DSO, South Staffs Regt, of Lichfield, and Helen Elise Tovil QARNS, d. of Timothy William Tovell, estate manager; b. 21 Aug. 1916; adm. Jan. 1930 (G); left July 1935; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1935, BA 1939, MA 1945; RMC Sandhurst, 2nd Lieut. South Staffs Regt 1940, Lieut. and Cipher Officer HQ Crete 1940, Capt. attd Roy. Corps of Signals 1941, p.o.w. 1941-5; asst master Summer Fields Oxford 1939 and 1945-56, asst HM 1956-60, HM 1960-76, Governor 1975-80; FRSA 1969; Confraternity of St Gregory, Downside Abbey, 1977; author of poems in numerous WW2 anthologies; d. 2 Apr. 2002.