Maurice Fiennes

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Sir Maurice Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (1907-1994) was an English industrialist.

He was chairman of Davy-Ashmore in Sheffield and achieved success as a producer of high quality British steel. He was made a knight by Harold Wilson in recognition of his contributions to British engineering.

Fiennes was the son of Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes and his wife Gertrude Colley and great-grandson of Frederick Benjamin Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 16th Baron Saye and Sele. He married the equestrian and style maven Sylvia Fiennes (née Finlay) with whom he had five children including photographer Mark Fiennes. He was the grandfather of actors Ralph Fiennes and Joseph Fiennes.

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