Rosalind Savill

Dame Rosalind Savill DBE FSA FBA
Born	Rosalind Joy Savill (1951-05-12)12 May 1951 Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England
Died	27 December 2024(2024-12-27) (aged 73)
Alma mater	University of Leeds
Occupation	Director of the Wallace Collection

Dame Rosalind Joy Savill DBE FSA FBA (12 May 1951 – 27 December 2024) was a British art and museum curator.

Life and career

Savill was born in Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England on 12 May 1951. An alumna of the University of Leeds, Savill was first employed at the Victoria and Albert Museum as a canteen cashier. Later she was named Museum Assistant at the Wallace Collection, where she was appointed Assistant to the Director in 1978. In April 1988, Savill's The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain was published in three volumes, which took her a decade to compile.

In 1990, she was awarded the National Art Collection Fund Prize for her scholarship. In 2000, she was appointed CBE for her services to the study of ceramics. In 1992, she was named Director of the Wallace Collection. She retired from that post in 2011. In 2009, she was named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Savill died after a short illness on 27 December 2024, at the age of 73.

Affiliations

• National Trust Arts Panel, Member
• Art Advisory Committee, Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
• Royal Mint Advisory Committee
• Museums and Collections Advisory Committee, English Heritage
• Somerset House, Trustee
• Campaign for Museums
• Camden School for Girls, Governor
• French Porcelain Society, President