List of Famous people with last name Pontefract

John Savile, 1st Baron Savile of Pontefract

First Name John

Last Name Pontefract

Born on November 30, 1555

Died on January 1, 1630 (aged 74)

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

First Name Geoffrey

Last Name Pontefract

Born on December 18, 1925

Died on November 1, 2012 (aged 86)

Born in United Kingdom, England

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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