Baron Saye and Sele is a title in the Peerage of England held by the Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family. The title dates to 1447 but it was recreated in 1603. Confusion over the details of the 15th-century title has led to conflicting order for titleholders;authorities such as Burke's Peerage and Debrett's Peerage do not agree on whether or not the 1447 creation is still extant.
William Fiennes,1st Viscount Saye and Sele was an English nobleman and politician. He was a leading critic of Charles I's rule during the 1620s and 1630s. He was known also for his involvement in several companies for setting up overseas colonies.
Nathaniel Fiennes,c. 1608 to 16 December 1669,was a younger son of the Puritan nobleman and politician,William Fiennes,1st Viscount Saye and Sele. He sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1659,and served with the Parliamentarian army in the First English Civil War. In 1643,he was dismissed from the army for alleged incompetence after surrendering Bristol and sentenced to death before being pardoned. Exonerated in 1645,he actively supported Oliver Cromwell during The Protectorate,being Lord Keeper of the Great Seal from 1655 to 1659.
Broughton Castle is a medieval fortified manor house in the village of Broughton,which is about two miles southwest of Banbury in Oxfordshire,England,on the B4035 road.
Viscount Saye and Sele was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 7 July 1624 for William Fiennes,8th Baron Saye and Sele,who thus became the 1st Viscount Saye and Sele. The title became extinct on the death of Richard Fiennes 6th Viscount on 29 July 1781.
Nathaniel Thomas Allen Fiennes,21st Baron Saye and Sele,,styled as Lord Saye and Sele,was an English peer,businessman,chartered surveyor and army officer.
Edward Cecil,1st Viscount Wimbledon was an English military commander and a politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1624.
Geoffrey Cecil Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes,18th Baron Saye and Sele was an English soldier and Liberal politician from the Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family. He served as Comptroller of the Household between 1912 and 1915.
Sir Charles Wolseley,2nd Baronet,of Wolseley in Staffordshire,was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1653 and 1660. He held high office during the Commonwealth.
John Fiennes was the third son of Puritan noble and politician William Fiennes,1st Viscount Saye and Sele. He served in the Parliamentarian army during the First English Civil War,before resigning his commission when elected MP for Morpeth in 1645. Excluded from Parliament by Pride's Purge in December 1648,he largely avoided politics thereafter but was appointed to Cromwell's Upper House in 1658.
The Treaty of Newport was a failed treaty between Parliament and King Charles I of England,intended to bring an end to the hostilities of the English Civil War. Negotiations were conducted between 15 September 1648 and 27 November 1648,at Newport,Isle of Wight,on the initial proviso that they would not take longer than forty days. Charles was released on parole from his confinement at Carisbrooke Castle and lodged in Newport.
Thomas Erle was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War.
James Fiennes may refer to:
Theophilus Clinton,4th Earl of Lincoln,KB,styled Lord Clinton until 1619,was an opponent of Charles I during and preceding the English Civil War.
John Twisleton,of Horsmans Place,Dartford,Kent was created a baronet by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell. He was Sheriff of Kent.
The Venerable Frederick Fiennes,16th Baron Saye and Sele,MA (1799–1887) was Archdeacon of Hereford from 1863 to 1887.
Richard Fiennes,7th and 1st Baron Saye and Sele was an English peer and diplomat.
Major General Thomas Twisleton,13th Baron Saye and Sele was a British Army officer and peer.
Sir John St Barbe,1st Baronet,of Ashington,Somerset and Broadlands,Hampshire,was Member of Parliament for Ilchester in 1681. He was created a baronet on 30 December 1662 at the age of 7.
The Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family are the descendants of the 16th Baron Saye and Sele who was born Frederick Benjamin Twisleton 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 actors Ralph Fiennes,Joseph Fiennes,and Hero Fiennes Tiffin.
