Country: | England |
Fullname: | John Fiennes Twisleton Wykeham Fiennes |
Birth Date: | 28 February 1830 |
Birth Place: | Adlestrop, Gloucestershire, England |
Death Place: | Broughton, Oxfordshire, England |
Batting: | Unknown |
Club1: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
Year1: | 1850 - 1852 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 5 |
Runs1: | 33 |
Bat Avg1: | 4.71 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 11 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
Date: | 14 September |
Year: | 2020 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/13271.html Cricinfo |
John Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 17th Baron Saye and Sele (28 February 1830 – 8 October 1907) was an English peer and first-class cricketer.
The son of Frederick Fiennes,[1] he was born in February 1830 at Adlestrop, Gloucestershire. He was educated at Harrow School,[2] before matriculating at Christ Church, Oxford in 1849. He later played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club from 1850 to 1852, making five appearances.[3] Fiennes scored 33 runs in his five matches, with a high score of 11 not out.[4]
In June 1852, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant for Oxfordshire. Fiennes also served in the army with the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, enlisting in 1852 as a cornet. He was promoted to lieutenant in April 1858 and captain in April 1860. He succeeded his father as 17th Baron Saye and Sele upon his death in May 1887.[1] Fiennes was later present at the Coronation of Edward VII at Westminster Abbey in 1902. Among the offices was a county alderman and justice of the peace for Oxfordshire, in addition to being a justice of the peace for Warwickshire, Middlesex and Westminster.[2] Fiennes died in October 1907 at Broughton, Oxfordshire. He was succeeded as Baron Saye and Sele by his son, Geoffrey Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes.