The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-26
Baron Has Been Appointed
Comptroller of Kings
Household.
BY Ia MARoulsE DE roNrENoy

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7 ORD SAY AND sELE. who has
just been appointed to the Office
- Of comptroller Of King Georges
household is the eighteenth baron Of
his line and the head OF the historic
house OF Fiennes pronounced "Fynes'D
In records sim existing OF the reign
Of William the Conquegor II Is set
forth that ne conferred on one OF his
principal heutenants John dc Flcnnes
tho Offices OF Count o: the Sea Coast
and Lord Warden OF the Clnque Ports
Tor hiiaself and his heirs forever. 1t
is on this account that when Kins
George vacated the latter dignity, in
1905. Lord say and Sele put forward
claim thereto and publicly protested
against its subsequent bcstowal on
Lord Brassey.
The Lords de Fiennes were among
the barons whose names figure In the
Magma Charta. and were even in those
days regarded as OF the most inustri-
Gus ancestry. since thcy were de-
seconded form that Eustace Court OF
Boulogne who married Coda. sister
OF King Edward the Confessor. thus
Count and Countess OF BoUlogne being
likewise among the forebears OF Code
frey de Bouillon. the Crusadei- King OF
Jerusalem. The original Barony Of
say and Sele came into the F!ennez
family through the marriage OF Lady
Joan OF that ilk. last OF her line. to
William, Lord Fiennes Hereditary
in descent from the kinsman and COM
panion of William the Conqueror
The grandson OF Lady Joan was sum
moned to Parliament in 1876 as baron
OF the realm. under the title of Lord
Say and Scle He obtained afrcsh
from the crown a grant OF the Offices
OF Lord Warden OF the C!nque Ports
and OF Constable OF Dover Castle for
himself ana his heirs forever. He
was also Lord High Treasurer of Eng
land. but happening to be prisoner
IL, the Tower of London when Jack
Cades mob stormed that stronghold.
he was dragged thence by tho rioters
TO Cheapside and there bcheaded. His
son. William de Fiennes. second Lorn
say and Selc OF the 1916 creation. was
one OF the chief allies OF the great
Earl Warwick. the King Maker. and
was killed at the battle Of Barnet,
His heirs were not summoned to
Parliament. and 1t was not until sew
oral generations later that Richard
de Fiennes, seventh de jurc Lord Say
md Solo. obtained recognition as such
under letters patent signed by James
/ and dated August, 1903. The ninth
lord had no male issue and was sue
ceeded by his daughter. Elizabeth's
only child. Ceciiy Twislcton, who mar
ried one of her fathers kinsmen.
George Twisleton. The barony re-
manned unclaimed till her great
grandson. General Thomas Twisleton.
established his claim thereto before
the Committee OF Privileges of the
House Of Lords Twisleton remained
the patronymic OF the Lords say ana
Sele until Gregory. the fourteenth
baron. secured from George ". au-
thority to assume the name and
armorial bearings Of the Fiennes in
lieu OF It,
The present Lord say and Sole Is a
soldier by profession and served in
the Zulu War Of 1879 as captain of
the ROYAL Scots Tusiiiers. retiring
with the rank of colonel. He Is n
Liberal In politics and the owner of
B-oughton Castle near Banbury. In
Oxfordshlre. the lease OF which has
just been surrendered to him BY Lord
and Lady Algernon Gordon-Lennox
who made their home there for years.
Lord Elibank's successor rs chief
government whip in the House OF
Commons Is his heretofore chief lieu
tenant, Percy Illingworth, NJ. p. for
the Shipley Division OF Yorkshire. At
tention is drawn to the fact. because
as chief government whip and parlia-
nentary secretary to tho treasury.
he occupies one OF tho most impor-