Why did an English “investment club” establish the Saybrook Colony? Who were Lord Saye and Sele and Lord Brooke and why were they handing out land grants at the end of a river in a land on which they would never set foot?
Fun facts: Actor Richard Fiennes is related to the Saye and Sele Barony, he plays “M” in the new James Bond movie; the Saye and Sele ancestral castle was used in the production of The Crown; the 21st Lord and Lady Saye and Sele still live in the castle, and they visited Old Saybrook and met with Katharine Hepburn in 1985. Read more about who Viscount Saye and Sele and Lord Brooke really were.