Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre (1539 – 1594). English courtier.
He was the son of Thomas Fiennes, 9th Baron Dacre (c. 1515–1541) and Mary Neville.
His father was convicted of the murder of a gamekeeper and hanged like a common criminal at Tyburn in 1541, and in the aftermath, the family was stripped of its lands and titles.
In the following years, his mother battled to have the properties restored on behalf of her children, and on her ascension in 1558, Queen Elizabeth restored the title of Baron Dacre to Gregory, his elder brother Thomas having died of the plague at age 15.
Detail of a portrait by Hans Eworth, 1559
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