John Fiennes

John Fiennes
Broughton Castle, where John Fiennes was born
Member of Parliament
for Morpeth
In office
April 1645 – December 1648
(Excluded by Pride's Purge)
Personal details
Bornc. 1612
Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire
Died1 June 1708(1708-06-01) (aged 96)
SpouseSusannah Hobbs (After 1670–his death)
RelationsNathaniel Fiennes (brother)
ChildrenLaurence (1690–1742), Fifth Viscount Saye and Sele
OccupationPolitician
Military service
AllegianceParliamentarian
RankColonel
Battles/wars

John Fiennes (c. 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 MP for Morpeth in 1645. Excluded from Parliament by Pride's Purge in December 1648, he largely avoided politics thereafter but was appointed to Cromwell's Upper House in 1658.