Ivo Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 20th Baron Saye and Sele

Ivo Murray Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 20th Baron Saye and Sele OBE MC (15 December 1885 – 21 October 1968) was a British peer and army officer.

Biography

He was born to Geoffrey Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 18th Baron Saye and Sele.[1] He educated at Harrow and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.[2]

He served as an officer during the First World War and was mentioned in despatches.[3] He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery. For his service he was awarded the Croix de Guerre (1919) and the Military Cross (M.C.) (1918).[4] He also fought in the Second World War between 1939 and 1941.

He succeeded as the 14th Lord Saye and Sele [E., 1603], 20th Baron Saye and Sele on 18 February 1949 and appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1961.

References
  1. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1895). Armorial Families: A Complete Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, and a Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-armour, and Being the First Attempt to Show which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority. Jack. p. 880.
  2. School, Harrow (1911). The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911. Longmans, Green, and Company. p. 798.
  3. https://www.harrowschool-ww1.org.uk/Filename.ashx?systemFileName=%2FDOCS%2FHarrowSchoolRegister1885-1925.pdf&origFilename= p. 182
  4. "The Edinburgh Gazette 23 July 1919" (PDF). The Edinburgh Gazette. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

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