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Fiennes of Broughton — William Fiennes, 3rd Viscount Saye and Sele

Sponsored by William James Dalrymple West, Esq,. Lord of Watlington-West, Norfolk

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Fiennes of Broughton — William Fiennes, 3rd Viscount Saye and Sele

Family / house
Fiennes; Fiennes of Broughton; Saye and Sele; Eliot; Whitehead
Family / cadet branch
Nathaniel Fiennes male-line cadet branch returning to the senior viscountcy
Armiger / bearer
William Fiennes, 3rd Viscount Saye and Sele
Entity type
individual
Social rank / class
peer
Heraldic authority
English peerage records
Record basis
ancient_usage
Issued / first recorded
1674
Until / superseded
1698
Historical period
Restoration England
Blazon
Azure, three lions rampant Or.
Plain-English description
A blue shield bearing three upright gold lions.
Tinctures
Azure; Or
Charges / ordinaries
Three lions rampant
Motto
Fortem Posce Animum
Difference / variant
Inherited the same Fiennes arms through the second-son branch of Nathaniel Fiennes. His succession demonstrates transmission of the viscountcy through a collateral male line.
Source reference
Cracroft's Peerage, Viscount Saye and Sele

Genealogical context

Father
Nathaniel Fiennes
Mother
Elizabeth Eliot

Documented depiction

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