Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family

The Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family /ˈwɪkəm ˈfaɪnz/ are the descendents of the 16th Baron Saye and Sele who was born Frederick Benjamin Twistleton and adopted the surname Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes in 1849 by Act of Parliament. He was the grandson of Thomas Twisleton, 13th Baron Saye and Sele and inherited the barony from his first cousin William Thomas Eardley-Twisleton-Fiennes in 1847. The surname is frequently shortened to Fiennes. Members of the family include the explorer Ranulph Fiennes and the actor Ralph Fiennes.

Ancestry

The ancestry of the family includes James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele (c1395 – 1450) and his father William de Fiennes. Richard Fiennes, a nephew of the 1st Baron, became the 7th Baron Dacre after marrying the daughter of the 6th Baron Dacre.

The family are descendents of Thomas Wykeham, the great-nephew of William of Wykeham (c1320 – 1404) who left his fortune to his great-nephew. The inheritance included Broughton Castle which became the home of the Barons Saye and Sele, after Thomas Wykeham's granddaughter married William Fiennes, 2nd Baron Saye and Sele.[1]

The Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family are also descendents of John Twisleton (c 1614–1682) who married Elizabeth Fiennes, the daughter of James Fiennes, 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele, 9th Baron Saye and Sele. Elizabeth Fiennes's mother was Frances Cecil, daughter of Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon, so the family also descends from William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley.

Family tree

The Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family members include:

  • John Fiennes Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 17th Baron Saye and Sele (1830–1907)
  • Geoffrey Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 19th Baron Saye and Sele (1884–1949)
  • Ivo Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 20th Baron Saye and Sele (1885–1968)
  • John Eustace Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (1895–1917)
  • Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 2nd Baronet (1902–1943)
  • Wingfield Stratford Fiennes (1834 - 1923)
  • Gerard Fiennes (1864 - 1926)
  • Gerry Fiennes (Gerard Francis Gisborne Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes) (1906 - 1985) railway manager [2]
  • Richard Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes+2 b. 26 Nov 1909, d. 1988
  • John Saye Wingfield Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes+2 b. 14 Apr 1911, d. 21 Apr 1996
  • Michael Yorke Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes b. 1 Jul 1912, d. 1989
  • Rupert Yorke Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes b. 20 Mar 1969
  • Hugo Barnabas Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (known as Hugo Fiennes) b. 31 Mar 1971 - IT entrepreneur [3]
  • Joshua Gisborne Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes b. 9 May 1974
  • Ivo Martindale Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes b. 21 Sep 1978
David Eustace Martindale Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes b. 7 Mar 1916, d. c 1980
  • Alberic Fiennes (1865 - 1919)
married Jennifer Lash (1938 - 1993), novelist and painter

In the above tree, the name by which they are commonly known has been used. Thus the full surname of those in the tree using the surname Fiennes would normally be Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes. If the name change by the 16th Baron had not occurred, those of a male line would have the surname Twisleton. The 21st and current Baron Saye and Sele, Nathaniel Fiennes changed his surname by Deed poll to Fiennes in 1965.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Broughton Castle history
  2. ↑ http://thepeerage.com/p33632.htm#i336320
  3. ↑ http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&_mc=RSS_EET_EDT&doc_id=1330059&page_number=2
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