John Fiennes
John Fiennes | |
|---|---|
 Broughton Castle,where John Fiennes was born | |
| Member of Parliament forMorpeth | |
| In office April 1645 – December 1648 (Excluded byPride's Purge) | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c.1612 Broughton Castle,Oxfordshire |
| Died | 1 June 1708(aged 96) |
| Spouse | Susannah Hobbs (After 1670–his death) |
| Relations | Nathaniel Fiennes(brother) |
| Children | Laurence (1690–1742), FifthViscount Saye and Sele |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Parliamentarian |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | |
John Fiennes(c.1612–1708) was the third son ofPuritannoble and politicianWilliam Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele.He served in theParliamentarianarmy during theFirst English Civil War,before resigning his commission when electedMPforMorpethin 1645. Excluded fromParliamentbyPride's Purgein December 1648, he largely avoided politics thereafter but was appointed toCromwell's Upper Housein 1658.
Personal details
[edit]John Fiennes was bornc.1612, probably at the family home ofBroughton CastleinOxfordshire,third son of thePuritanpeer and politicianWilliam Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele(1582–1662), and his wife Elizabeth Temple (died 1648). He had two elder brothersJames(1602–1674) andNathaniel(c.1608–1669), to whom he was especially close, and three sisters,Bridget,Constance and Elizabeth.[1]
At some point after 1670, he married Susannah Hobbs (1657–1715); their fifth and only surviving son, Lawrence (1690–1742), succeeded his cousin as FifthViscount Saye and Selein January 1710, by which date Fiennes had died.[1]
Career
[edit]At the outbreak of theFirst English Civil Warhe joined theParliamentarianside, and rose to the rank of the colonel of a regiment of horse by 1643, and served at theBattle of Naseby.
He was elected to theLong Parliamentas member forMorpeth,probably in 1645, but was one of the MPs excluded inPride's Purgein December 1648. In 1658, he was chosen a member ofCromwell's Upper House.
References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Kelsey, Sean (2004). "Fiennes, John, appointed Lord Fiennes under the protectorate".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(online ed.). Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9412.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)
- Concise Dictionary of National Biography (1930)
- D. Brunton & D. H. Pennington,Members of the Long Parliament(London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803(London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)[1]
- Mark Noble,Memoirs of several persons and families... allied to or descended from... the Protectorate-House of Cromwell(Birmingham: Pearson & Rollason, 1784)[2]