Oliver Fiennes
The Very Reverend and Honourable Oliver William Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was Dean of Lincoln in the latter part of the 20th century.
He was born on 17 May 1926 into a noble family, the youngest of three sons of the 20th Baron Saye and Sele. He was educated at Eton and was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade, having won the Sword of Honour at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, but saw no fighting as the Second World War ended soon afterwards.
He subsequently went up to New College, Oxford. Ordained in 1954, after a spell as a curate at St Mary Magdalene, New Milton, he became chaplain of Clifton College in 1958. Following this he was rector of Lambeth before his elevation to the deanery. Described by Trevor Beeson as “the last aristocrat to make his mark on the church", in retirement he lived near his old Cathedral in Lincoln until his death in June 2011.
