Ivo Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 20th Baron Saye and Sele explained

Ivo Murray Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 20th Baron Saye and Sele OBE MC (15 December 1885 – 21 October 1968) was a British peer and army officer.

Biography

He was born to Geoffrey Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 18th Baron Saye and Sele.[1] He educated at Harrow and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.[2]

He served as an officer during the First World War and was mentioned in despatches.[3] He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery. For his service he was awarded the Croix de Guerre (1919) and the Military Cross (M.C.) (1918).[4] He also fought in the Second World War between 1939 and 1941.

He succeeded as the 14th Lord Saye and Sele [E., 1603], 20th Baron Saye and Sele on 18 February 1949 and appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1961.

Family

On 16 October 1919 Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes married Hersey Cecilia Hester Butler (1889−1968), daughter of Sir Thomas Dacres Butler, and had three sons:

References

  1. Book: Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles. Armorial Families: A Complete Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, and a Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-armour, and Being the First Attempt to Show which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority. Jack. 1895. 880. en.
  2. Book: School, Harrow. The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911. 1911. Longmans, Green, and Company. 798. en.
  3. https://www.harrowschool-ww1.org.uk/Filename.ashx?systemFileName=%2FDOCS%2FHarrowSchoolRegister1885-1925.pdf&origFilename= p. 182
  4. Web site: The Edinburgh Gazette 23 July 1919 . The Edinburgh Gazette . 22 August 2022 . en.

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