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William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele
William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, was an English nobleman and Puritan leader who opposed Charles I's prerogative taxation. He invested in colonial ventures including the Providence Island Company and the Saybrook settlement in Connecticut, which was partly named after him. During the Civil War he sided with Parliament, though he made his peace with Charles II at the Restoration.
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