Mark Fiennes

Mark Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (November 11, 1933 – December 30, 2004) was an English photographer and illustrator. Fiennes was born at Dalton, Northumberland, England, the eldest of five children of the industrialist Maurice Fiennes, who was later knighted by Harold Wilson for his services to the export of British heavy engineering products, and of his wife Sylvia Joan (née Finlay). Although Mark's cousin, the celebrated Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wy... more

Mark Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (November 11, 1933 – December 30, 2004) was an English photographer and illustrator. Fiennes was born at Dalton, Northumberland, England, the eldest of five children of the industrialist Maurice Fiennes, who was later knighted by Harold Wilson for his services to the export of British heavy engineering products, and of his wife Sylvia Joan (née Finlay). Although Mark's cousin, the celebrated Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes kept the original family names, Maurice's branch of the family did not, and his children and grandchildren are known simply by the surname Fiennes. He was educated at the independent school Eton College for several years before he fell ill with glomerulonephritis. In hope of improving his health his parents sent him to Australia, New Zealand and the United States where Fiennes studied agriculture. With his health restored, he returned to England and became a farming tenant on the estate of the Earl of Stradbroke near Blythburgh... less