1677 Eustace Fiennes

Constituency : Banbury  1906-10 , 1910-18

Eustace  took  Banbury  from  the Tories.

Eustace  was  the  second  son  of  Baron  Saye. He  was  educated  at  Malvern  College. Eustace  joined  the  army  and  served  in  Canada, Egypt  and  South Africa. He  was  promoted  to  Lieutenant  in  1899. He  fought  in  the  Boer  War  and  was  promoted  to  Major  in  1905.

Eustace's  parliamentary  contributions  were  mainly  on  military  matters.

Eustace  was  defeated  by  315 votes  in  January  1910  then  won  the  seat  back  by  91  votes  in  December.,

In  1912, Eustace  became  Parliamentary  Private  Secretary  to  Churchill  at  the  Admiralty.

Eustace  saw  action  in  Flanders  and  the  Dardanelles  during  World  War  One.  He  was  promoted  to  Lieutenant-Colonel He  was created  a  baronet  in  1916. He  supported  Lloyd  George  after  1916.  

In  1918, Eustace  resigned  his  seat  to  become  Governor  of  the  Seychelles. In  1921 he  switched  to  the  Leeward  Islands  where  he  remained  until  retiring  in  1929.

Eustace  died  in  1943 aged  78. He  was the  grandfather  of  explorer  Ranulph  Fiennes.