Viscount Saye and Sele was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 7 July 1624 for William Fiennes, 8th Baron Saye and Sele and became extinct on the death of Richard Fiennes 6th Viscount on 29 July 1781.

Succession

Under

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, William Fiennes, the eighth Baron Saye and Sele, was created Viscount Saye and Sele in the Peerage of England, in 1624. On the death of his son, the second Viscount, the two titles separated. The barony fell into abeyance between the second Viscount's daughters Elizabeth, wife of

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, and Frances, wife of Andrew Ellis. It was later revived and is currently held by the

Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family The Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family are the descendants of the 16th Baron Saye and Sele who was born Frederick Benjamin Twistleton and adopted the surname Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes in 1849 by Act of Parliament. He was the grandson of Thomas Twi ...

, descendants of Cecil Fiennes, granddaughter of the second Viscount. The Viscountcy could only be passed on to male heirs and was inherited by the second Viscount's nephew, the son of Nathaniel Fiennes, second son of the first Viscount. When the third Viscount's son, the fourth Viscount, died, he was succeeded by his cousin, the son of John Fiennes, third son of the first Viscount. The fifth Viscount was in his turn succeeded by another cousin. On the death of the sixth Viscount in 1781 there were no more male heirs left of the first Viscount, and the title became extinct.

Viscounts Saye and Sele (1624 – 1781)

* William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, 8th Baron Saye and Sele (1582–1662) * James Fiennes, 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele, 9th Baron Saye and Sele (c. 1603–1674) (eldest son) (barony abeyant 1674); succeeded in the viscountcy only by his brother

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's son *William Fiennes, 3rd Viscount Saye and Sele (c. 1641–1698) (nephew) *Nathaniel Fiennes, 4th Viscount Saye and Sele (1676–1710) (son) *Laurence Fiennes, 5th Viscount Saye and Sele (c. 1690–1742) (cousin, son of Col.

John Fiennes John Fiennes ( 1612–1708) was the third son of Puritan noble and politician William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele. He served in the Parliamentarian army during the First English Civil War, before resigning his commission when elected M ...

, 3rd son of 1st Viscount) *Richard Fiennes, 6th Viscount Saye and Sele (1716–1781) (cousin, grandson of Richard Fiennes, 4th son of 1st Viscount)

Family of First Viscount

The family of the first Viscount includes: * William Fiennes (1582 - 1662) 1st Viscount, 8th Baron Saye and Sale, :* James Fiennes (c1603 - 1673/74) 2nd Viscount, 9th Baron ::married Frances Cecil daughter of

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::*Elizabeth Fiennes (c1631 - 1674), married

:::*Cecil Twisleton (d 1713), married George Twisleton :::*Frances Twisleton, married Andrew Ellis ::::*Cecily Ellis (d 1715) married William Fiennes, son of John Fiennes :* Nathaniel Fiennes (c1608 - 1669) ::*William Fiennes (c1641 - 1698) 3rd Viscount, married Mary Fiennes :::*Nathaniel Fiennes (1676 - 1709) 4th Viscount ::* Celia Fiennes (1662 - 1741), pioneering traveller and writer :*

::*Lawrence Fiennes (c1690 - 1742) 5th Viscount ::*William Fiennes married Cicely Ellis :*Richard Fiennes ::*Mary Fiennes (c1653 - 1676), married 3rd Viscount ::*Richard Fiennes (c1674 - 1722) :::*Richard Fiennes (1716 - 1781) 6th Viscount ::*Alice Fiennes, married

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:*Bridget Fiennes, married

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:*Constance Fiennes (d c1692), married Sir Francis Boynton, 2nd Baronet (1618–1695) :*Susannah Fiennes, married

Thomas Erle General Thomas Erle PC (1650 – 23 July 1720) of Charborough, Dorset, was a general in the English Army and, thereafter, the British Army. He was also a Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons of England and of Great Britain from 16 ...

, lawyer and politician ::*

, army general and politician :*Elizabeth Fiennes, married

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, landowner and politician :*Anne Fiennes, married

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, seven sons and ten daughters

Parliament and Civil War

The three eldest sons of the first Viscount served as

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, James representing Banbury and then

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, Nathaniel for Banbury and John for

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. The first Viscount's family including sons-in-law took the side of the Parliamentarians in the

English Civil War The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians (" Roundheads") and Royalists led by Charles I ("Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of England's governance and issues of re ...

, but the Viscount argued against the execution of the king and this helped his position when the monarchy was restored in 1660.

References

Viscount Saye and Sale, Cracroft's Peerage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saye And Sele Saye and Sele Extinct viscountcies in the Peerage of England Noble titles created in 1624