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James Fiennes, 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele

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James Fiennes, 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele
Broughton Castle, the family home
Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire
In office
March 1668 – March 1674
Member of Parliament
for Oxfordshire in the Convention Parliament
In office
April 1660 – December 1660
Member of Parliament
for Oxfordshire
In office
1626 through 1629 (Parliament suspended) – April 1640 to December 1648
Excluded by Pride's Purge
Member of Parliament
for Banbury
In office
June 1625 – August 1625
Personal details
Bornc. 1602
Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire
Died15 March 1674(1674-03-15) (aged 72)
Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire
SpouseFrances Cecil (c. 1631–his death)
ChildrenFrances; Elizabeth (died 1674)
Alma materQueens' College, Cambridge; Lincoln's Inn
OccupationPeer and politician

James Fiennes, 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele (c. 1602 – 15 March 1674) was an English peer and MP at various times between 1625 and 1660, when he succeeded his father and entered the House of Lords.

Personal details

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James Fiennes was born c. 1602 at Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire, eldest son of William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele (1582–1662), and his wife Elizabeth Temple (died 1648). His siblings included Nathaniel (1608–1669), Bridget, John (1612–1708), Constance and Elizabeth.

Sometime before 1631, Fiennes married Frances Cecil (died 1684), daughter of Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon. They had three sons, all of whom died as infants, plus two daughters, Frances and Elizabeth (died 1674).[1] In the absence of a direct male heir, his nephew William (1639–1698), son of his younger brother Nathaniel, became the third Viscount Saye and Sele on his death in 1674.

Career

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In 1625, Fiennes was elected Member of Parliament for Banbury. He was elected MP for Oxfordshire in 1626 and in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. In April 1640 he was re-elected MP for Oxfordshire in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Oxfordshire in November 1640 for the Long Parliament and sat until 1648.[2]

In 1660, Fiennes was elected Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire in the Convention Parliament.[2] He succeeded to the viscountcy on the death of his father in 1662. He was Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire from 1668 until his death.

References

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Sources

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  • Cracroft-Brennan, Patrick, ed. (2013), "Saye and Sele, Baron (E, 1603)", Cracroft's Peerage, Heraldic Media, retrieved 15 November 2013[better source needed]
  • Dunkin, John (1844), The History and Antiquities of Dartford, with Topographical Notices of the Neighbourhood, John Russell Smith, pp. 296
  • * Helms, Mark (1983). FIENNES, Hon. James (c.1602-74), of Broughton Castle, Oxon in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690. CUP. ISBN 978-1107002258.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Banbury
1625
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire
1626–1629
With: Sir Thomas Wenman 1626
Sir Francis Wenman 1628–1629
Parliament suspended until 1640
Vacant Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire
1640–1648
With: The Viscount Wenman
Not represented in Rump Parliament
Vacant
Not represented in Rump Parliament
Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire
1660–1661
With: The Viscount Wenman
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire
1668–1674
Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Viscount Saye and Sele
1662–1674
Succeeded by
Preceded by Baron Saye and Sele
1662–1674
Abeyant
Terminated in favour of Thomas Twisleton