Henry (Fiennes-Clinton) Fynes-Clinton (1826 - 1911)

Born 5 Feb 1826 in Denton, Lincolnshire, England

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Died 17 Oct 1911 at age 85 in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England

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Biography

Fiennes-Clinton family.......

Descendants of the Earls of Lincoln, and distantly related to the Dukes of Newcastle. The name is variously spelt Fynes or Fiennes - both ways of spelling are still in use by various branches of the family.

It seems that Clinton James Fiennes Clinton, son of Rev. Henry Fynes Clinton adopted the spelling Fiennes in the early nineteenth century.

The branch of the Fiennes-Clintons that you are looking were vicars, father and son and in one case nephew in their turn, of the parish of Cromwell,a village near Newark in Nottinghamshire, a living in the patronage of the Dukes of Newcastle. ( St. Giles, Cromwell has a good history on its web site)

Younger sons of the British aristocracy who were unlikely to inherit the Title/money often were encouraged to enter the church despite the fact that often they had no particular religious conviction (though that doesn't seem to have been particularly the case with the F-Cs) With many parish livings being in the patronage of the local aristocratic family, those sons who had gone into the church would be be appointed to the livings as a way of securing their livelihoods.

Rev. Henry Fiennes Clinton, vicar of Cromwell, son of Clinton James F-C, married Sarah Smith. Their children in birth order - Eleanor, Ida, Susan, Adela, Henry, Charles, Clement, Henderson, and Madeline, all of whom survived into adulthood.

Rev Henry Fiennes-Clinton, M.A. (Durham), Rector of Cromwell (Cromwell Rectory, Nottingham), Nottinghamshire, born 5 Feb 1826, married 9 July 1850 to Sarah Katherine Smith who died 23 March 1898. She was the daughter of Rev. John B. Smith, D.D.).

Rev Henry Fiennes-Clinton and Sarah Katherine had 8 children. In birth order, they were - Eleanor, Ida, Susan, Adela, Henry, Charles, Clement, Henderson, and Madeline, all of whom survived into adulthood

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• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NG73-LBG : accessed 2 December 2015), Clinton James Fynes Clinton in entry for Henry Fynes Clinton, 07 Feb 1826; citing DENTON,LINCOLN,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 421,988.

• 1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census from findmypast.co.uk

• 1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census from findmypast.co.uk

• 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census from findmypast.co.uk

• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBZR-1JS : accessed 2 December 2015), Henry * Clinton, 1871.

• 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census from findmypast.co.uk

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKX6-9XBW : accessed 2 December 2015), Henry Fiennes Clinton, Cromwell, Nottinghamshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 36, Piece/Folio 3372/35, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,981.

• 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census from findmypast.co.uk

• 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census from findmypast.co.uk

• Record of death from findmypast.co.uk

• Fiennes-Clinton from www.william1.co.uk

• email correspondence Nov 27, 2015 with granddaughter of Katharine Helen Temple Roberts.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21322495/henry-fynes-clinton : accessed 07 October 2021), memorial page for Henry Fynes-Clinton (unknown–17 Oct 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 21322495, citing St Giles Churchyard, Cromwell, Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire, England ; Maintained by buttershap (contributor 46840435) .