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Christopher Atkinson (c. 1738 – 23 April 1819), known as Christopher Atkinson Savile or Saville from about 1798, was an English merchant and politician.
Born in Yorkshire, he moved to London and married the niece of a corn merchant, entering that trade himself.
He was elected at the 1780 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Hedon. However he was expelled from the House of Commons on 4 Dec 1783, after being convicted of perjury, and sentenced to stand in the pillory.
He was granted a royal pardon in 1791, and returned to Parliament for Hedon in 1796, holding the seat until he stood down at the 1806 general election. He had changed his name to Saville some time after 1798.
He then bought extensive properties in Okehampton in Devon, which gave him control of both seats of Okehampton's two parliamentary seats. He returned himself as an Okehampton MP at the 1818 general election, and held the seat until his death in April 1819, aged over 80.