Fiennes Explained

Fiennes or Ffiennes may refer to:

Places

• Fiennes, a commune of the Pas-de-Calais département in northern France.

People

A toponymic surname pronounced and borne by a prominent English family, descendant from Eustace I Fiennes, a nobleman in the 11th century from the region of Fiennes, then in County of Boulogne and part of Flanders.^[1] Better-known family members are:

• James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele (1395–1450)
• Richard Fiennes, 7th Baron Dacre
• Bessie Fiennes (1498–1540), née Bessie Blount, a mistress of Henry VIII
• William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele (1582-1662)
• Nathaniel Fiennes (1608–1669), politician
• Celia Fiennes, (1662–1741), travel writer
• Geoffrey Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 18th Baron Saye and Sele (1858–1937)
• Gerry Fiennes (1906–1985), British railway manager
• Martin Fiennes, 22nd Baron Saye and Sele (born 1961)
• Sir Maurice Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (1907–1974), businessman, father of Mark Fiennes,
• Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele (1920–2024)
• Mark Fiennes (1933–2004), photographer and illustrator. Father of:
  • Ralph Fiennes (born 1962), actor
  • Martha Fiennes (born 1964), film director and producer
    • Hero Fiennes Tiffin (born 1997), actor and model
  • Magnus Fiennes (born 1965), composer and record producer
  • Sophie Fiennes (born 1967), film director and producer
  • Joseph Fiennes (born 1970), actor
• Ranulph Fiennes (born 1944), adventurer
• Susannah Fiennes (born 1961), artist
• William Fiennes (author) (born 1970), writer

See for a larger list.

• Henri Léopold de Fiennes (1898–1985), American film director known as Henry Hathaway

Given name

• Fiennes Cornwallis (1831–1867), a British Army officer
• Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis (1864–1935), son of the above
• Fiennes Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis (1921–2010), grandson of the above
• Fiennes Barrett-Lennard (1880–1963), British colonial judge and soldier

See also

• Fynes

For members of the Fiennes family:

• Baron Saye and Sele
• Viscount Saye and Sele
• Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family
• Lord Dacre

Notes and References

1. Book: de Sainte Marie, Anselme .

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   . 1725 . Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la Maison Royale de France . Paris . la Compagnie des Libraires . 167 . VI.