List of Famous people with last name Pontefract
John Savile, 1st Baron Savile of Pontefract
John Savile, 1st Baron Savile of Pontefract (1556–1630) was an English politician; M.P. for Lincoln, 1586: sheriff of Lincolnshire, 1590; knight of the shire for Yorkshire, 1597, 1614, 1624, and 1626; custos rotulorum of West Riding of Yorkshire; ejected from office in 1615, but reappointed in 1626. privy councillor, comptroller of house hold 1627–1630, and created Baron Savile in 1627.
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Geoffrey Lofthouse, Baron Lofthouse of Pontefract
Geoffrey Lofthouse, Baron Lofthouse of Pontefract, JP, popularly known in his former constituency as Geoff Lofthouse, was a British Labour politician, MP and life peer.
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