Fiennes

Fiennes or Ffiennes may refer to:

## Places

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* Fiennes, a commune of the Pas-de-Calais département in northern France.

## People

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A toponymic surname pronounced /ˈfaɪnz/ and borne by a prominent English family, descendant from Eustace I Fiennes, a nobleman in the 11th century from the region of Fiennes, then in County of Boulogne and part of Flanders.[1] Better-known family members are:

* James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele (1395–1450)
* Richard Fiennes, 7th Baron Dacre
* Bessie Fiennes (1498–1540), née Bessie Blount, a mistress of Henry VIII
* William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele (1582-1662)
* Nathaniel Fiennes (1608–1669), politician
* Celia Fiennes, (1662–1741), travel writer
* Geoffrey Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 18th Baron Saye and Sele (1858–1937)
* Gerry Fiennes (1906–1985), British railway manager
* Martin Fiennes, 22nd Baron Saye and Sele (born 1961)
* Sir Maurice Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (1907–1974), businessman, father of Mark Fiennes,
* Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele (1920–2024)
* Mark Fiennes (1933–2004), photographer and illustrator. Father of:
* Ralph Fiennes (born 1962), actor
* Martha Fiennes (born 1964), film director and producer
* Hero Fiennes Tiffin (born 1997), actor and model
* Magnus Fiennes (born 1965), composer and record producer
* Sophie Fiennes (born 1967), film director and producer
* Joseph Fiennes (born 1970), actor
* Ranulph Fiennes (born 1944), adventurer
* Susannah Fiennes (born 1961), artist
* William Fiennes (author) (born 1970), writer

See Category:Fiennes family for a larger list.

* Henri Léopold de Fiennes (1898–1985), American film director known as Henry Hathaway

## Given name

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* Fiennes Cornwallis (1831–1867), a British Army officer
* Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis (1864–1935), son of the above
* Fiennes Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis (1921–2010), grandson of the above
* Fiennes Barrett-Lennard (1880–1963), British colonial judge and soldier

## See also

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* Fynes

For members of the Fiennes family:

* Baron Saye and Sele
* Viscount Saye and Sele
* Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family
* Lord Dacre

## References

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1. ^ de Sainte Marie, Anselme [in French] (1725). Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la Maison Royale de France. Vol. VI. Paris: la Compagnie des Libraires. p. 167.

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