Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre

Gregory Fiennes
Baron Dacre
Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre, detail of a portrait by Hans Eworth, 1559
Coat of armsArms of Fiennes, Baron Dacre: Azure, three lions rampant or
ReignElizabeth I
PredecessorThomas Fiennes, 9th Baron Dacre
SuccessorMargaret Fiennes, 11th Baroness Dacre
Baptised25 June 1539
Herstmonceux Castle
Died29 September 1594(1594-09-29) (aged 55)
Chelsea
BuriedChelsea Old Church
Noble familyFiennes
Spouse(s)Anne Sackville
IssueElizabeth Fiennes
FatherThomas Fiennes, 9th Baron Dacre
MotherMary Neville

Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre (bef. 25 June 1539 – 25 September 1594) was an English courtier.

He was the son of Thomas Fiennes, 9th Baron Dacre (c. 1515–1541) and Mary Neville. He was baptized at Hurstmonceux, Sussex, on 25 June 1539 and he may have been named after Thomas Cromwell's son, Gregory.[1]

His father was convicted of the murder of a gamekeeper and hanged like a common criminal at Tyburn in 1541, and in the aftermath, the family was stripped of its lands and titles by Henry VIII.[2]

In the following years, his mother battled to have the properties restored on behalf of her children, and on her ascension in 1558, Queen Elizabeth restored the title of Baron Dacre to Gregory, his elder brother Thomas having died of the plague at age 15.

Gregory Fiennes is a sitter with his mother in a significant portrait by Hans Eworth.[2][3]

In 1565, he married Anne Sackville (d. 1595), daughter of Sir Richard Sackville and Winifred Brydges. They had one daughter, Elizabeth, who died young.

He died on 25 September 1594 at Chelsea and is buried at Chelsea Old Church within a magnificent marble tomb with his wife and daughter.[2] He was succeeded by his sister Margaret Fiennes, 11th Baroness Dacre.[2]

  1. ^ MacCulloch 2018, p. 326.
  2. ^ a b c d Broadway 2008.
  3. ^ Honig 1990, pp. 60–85.