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Personal life. Fiennes married his childhood sweetheart, and fellow adventurer, Virginia ("Ginny") Pepper on 9 September 1970. They ran a country farm estate on Exmoor, Somerset, where they raised cattle and sheep. Ginny built up a herd of Aberdeen Angus cattle while Fiennes was away on his expeditions.
- 1963–1971
6 days ago · Sir Ranulph Fiennes (born March 7, 1944, Windsor, Berkshire, England) is a British adventurer, pioneering polar explorer, and writer, who, among his many exploits, in 1979–82 led the first north-south surface circumnavigation of the world (i.e., along a meridian).
Feb 25, 2004 · Virginia Fiennes, wife of explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes and the inspiration behind some of his greatest adventures, has died after a short illness. Lady Virginia, aged 56, died in hospital in ...
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Jan 10, 2020 · I haven’t really thought about it. When you’re dead, you’re dead. It doesn’t really matter. Sir Ranulph Fiennes will be talking at The Adventure Travel Show in London on 18 January 2020. Sir Ranulph Fiennes is the world's greatest living explorer. Here, we sit down with the legend to learn more about his life, his travels and his goals.
Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, commonly known as Sir Ranulph Fiennes, was born on 7 March 1944 in Windsor, Berkshire. He inherited the baronetcy of Banbury at birth following the death of his father, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, who served with distinction in the Royal Scots Greys during World War II.
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Feb 9, 2023 · Thursday 9 February 2023, 5:31pm. Watch Rob Murphy's interview with Sir Ranulph Fiennes. Sir Ranulph Fiennes was the first man to travel to both north and south poles by surface. The...
Feb 29, 2004 · Lady Fiennes, who as the wife of the noted British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes accompanied her husband on some expeditions and endured his absences for up to three years or more while he was...