Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele

Nathaniel Thomas Allen Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele (born September 22, 1920 ) is a British peer , politician and businessman.

Origin and family environment

The Fiennes family is an old Anglo-Norman aristocratic family that plays an important role in politics, business and, more recently, in science and culture (e.g. in the art of acting by Ralph Fiennes ). He was born on September 22, 1920 to Ivo Murray Thwistleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 20th Baron Saye and Sele and Hersey Cecilia Hester Butler. In 1965 he took the surname Fiennes through deed poll , so dropped the surname components Thwistleton and Wykeham .

His baron title was created in the Peerage of England in 1447 and confirmed again in 1603. Counted from 1447 onwards he is the 21st baron, in alternative counting from 1603 he is the 15th baron.

Education and further life

Nathaniel was educated at Eton College . He then studied at New College of Oxford University . During the Second World War he did military service in the Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) from 1941 until his demobilization in 1949, most recently with the rank of major . Because of his bravery he was mentioned twice in the army report (mentioned in despatches). After his release, he started working in banking. From 1982 to 1990 he was regional director of Lloyd's Bank, from 1960 to 1995 trustee of the Ernest Cook Trust (of which from 1964 to 1990 as chairman) and from 1961 to 1983 a fellow of Winchester College . After his father's death on October 21, 1968, he inherited his title of nobility and the associated seat in the House of Lords . In Hansard no speeches in Parliament by him are recorded. However, he lost the seat of the upper house in 1999 on the occasion of the upper house reform. He lives at Broughton Castle in Oxfordshire , his family ancestral home.

Marriage and offspring

He has been married to Mariette Helena Salisbury-Jones since 1958, with whom he has four sons, two of whom have died, and one daughter:

• Richard Ingel Fiennes (1959-2001);
• Martin Guy Fiennes (* 1961), his likely title heir ( Heir apparent );
• Susannah Hersey Fiennes (* 1961);
• Thomas Nathaniel Fiennes (1965-1968);
• William John Fiennes (* 1970), a well-known British writer.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Who's Who , 2015 edition, p. 2041
2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page: Article Saye and Sele  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Nathaniel Fiennes in Hansard (English)

Web links

• Nathaniel Thomas Allen Fiennes Fiennes, 15th Baron Saye and Sele on thepeerage.com , accessed August 19, 2015.

predecessor	Office	successor
Ivo Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes	Baron Saye and Sele 1968 – today	current owner of the title