Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele

Not to be confused with Nathaniel Fiennes

Nathaniel Thomas Allen Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele (born 22 September 1920) is a British nobleman and businessman.

Nathaniel Thomas Allen Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was born on 22 September 1920, the son of Ivo Murray Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, later 20th Baron Saye and Sele, whom he succeeded in 1968.

Despite a family connection with Winchester College, he was educated at Eton College, and then at New College, Oxford.

Throughout the Second World War he served in the Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) and was twice Mentioned in Despatches.

He became a Chartered Surveyor and was a partner of Laws and Fiennes before becoming a regional director within Lloyds Bank (1983–90).

He was a trustee of the Ernest Cook Trust, which works for the preservation of English country houses and estates, from 1959 until 1995, serving as chairman from 1964 until 1990.

He was a Fellow of Winchester College 1967–83.

Since 1979 he has been a Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.

He lives at Broughton Castle.

In 1965 The Honourable Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes amended his name by Deed poll in order to relinquish the surnames Twisleton and Wykeham.

He is known as Nat to his family and friends. He is the father of author William Fiennes.

Ancestry

Links and sources

• RootsWeb
• RootsWeb
• Fiennes Times
• Val Bourne, 'Broughton Castle: a garden for poets – and film stars', The Daily Telegraph, 22 May 1999
• Worldroots.com
• Debrett's People of Today (12th edn, London, 1999), p. 1739