Eustace Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes

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Sir Eustace Edward Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 1st Baronet (29 February 1864–9 February 1946) was a British soldier, Liberal politician and colonial administrator.

Fiennes was the second son of the 17th Baron Saye and Sele and his wife, Augusta, a daughter of the 11th Earl of Kinnoull. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel with the Oxfordshire Hussars and fought in the North-West Rebellion in 1885, was stationed in Egypt from 1888-89, took part in the expedition to Mashonaland in 1890 and fought in the Second Boer War.

At the 1906 general election, Fiennes was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Banbury and with a brief interruption in 1910, held the seat until the 1918 general election. He was also Parliamentary Private Secretary to Winston Churchill, the then First Lord of the Admiralty from 1912-14 and fought in Flanders and the Dardanelles during World War I.

Created a baronet in 1916, Fiennes left the Commons two years later to become Governor of the Seychelles and was then Governor of the Leeward Islands from 1921-29. In 1894, he had married Florence Agnes Fletcher née Rathfelder (from Constantia, Cape Town) and they had two children: John Eustace (1895–1917, Battle of Arras) and Ranulph (1902-1943). Fiennes died in 1946 and was his titles were inherited by his only surviving son.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Albert Brassey	Member of Parliament for Banbury 1906–1910	Succeeded by Robert Brassey
Preceded by Robert Brassey	Member of Parliament for Banbury 1910–1918	Succeeded by Rhys Williams
Political offices
Preceded by Charles O'Brien	Governor of the Seychelles 1918–1921	Succeeded by Sir Joseph Byrne
Preceded by Sir Edward Merewether	Governor of the Leeward Islands 1921–1929	Succeeded by Sir Thomas St Johnston
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New creation	Baronet (of Banbury) 1916–1946	Succeeded by Ranulph Fiennes