'Finch2'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Finch of Aylesford, Finch-Hatton of Eastwell Park, Finch of Nottingham, Finch of Winchilsea
[Much of this page was originally shown within Finch1. It was moved here to facitate expansion of both pages.]

                               
Sir Heneage Finch of Kensington (d 05.12.1631, Speaker of the House of Commons, recorder of London)
m1. Frances Bell (dau of Sir Edmund Bell of Beaupre Hall)
1. Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham (b 23.12.1621, d 18.12.1682, Lord High Chancellor of England)
  Collins identifies Heneage's wife as Elizabeth, dau of William Harvey, but BP1934 & BP2003 identify his father-in-law as named Daniel. TCP (Nottingham) confirms her identity as ...
  m. (30.07.1646) Elizabeth Harvey (bpt 19.04.1627, bur 23/4.03.1675/6, dau of Daniel Harvey of Folkestone by Elizabeth, dau of Henry Kynnersley of London)
  A. Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, 7th Earl of Winchilsea (d 01.01.1729-30, Secretary of State)
Daniel inherited the earldom of Winchilsea from his cousin, John, the 6th Earl.
  m1. (16.06.1674) Essex Rich (d 1684, dau of Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick)
  i. Mary Finch (bpt 18.05.1677, d 19.09.1718)
  m1. William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax (b 1665, d 31.08.1700)
  m2. (01.01.1707-8) John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe (d 27.02.1740-1)
  m2. (29.12.1685) Anne Hatton (d 26.09.1743, dau of Christopher, Viscount Hatton of Gretton, sister/heir of William)
  ii. Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, 3rd of Nottingham (d 02.08.1769)
  m1. (28.12.1729) Frances Feilding (d 24.09.1734, dau of Basil, 4th Earl of Denbigh)
  a. Charlotte Finch (d unm)
m2. (19.01.1737-8) Mary Palmer (bpt 23.08.1712, d 08.08.1757, dau of Sir Thomas Palmer, Bart of Wingham)
  a. Heneage Finch (dsp 04.05.1820)
  m. (08.1788) Sir George Osborne, Bart of Chicksands
  b.+ other issue - Essex, Hatton (d unm 1829), Augusta (d unm 05.08.1797), Mary (d young), Frances (d young), Anne (d young), Georgina (d young)
  iii. William Finch (d 25.12.1766, MP)
  m1. (25.01.1732-3) Anne Douglas (dsp 26.10.1741, dau of James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry)
  m2. (09.08.1746) Charlotte Fermor (dau of Thomas Fermor, Earl of Pomfret)
  a. George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea, 4th of Nottingham (b 04.11.1752, d unm 02.08.1826)
  p. ?? (Mrs Thomson)
  (1) George Finch of Burley-on-the-Hill (b 02.09.1794) had issue
  b. Sophia Finch (b 1749) Collins suggested that it was Henrietta rather than Sophia who married ...
m. (07.1772) Charles Feilding (Commodore RN)
  c.+ other issue - Charlotte (b 01.09.1747, d unm 11.1767), Frances, Henrietta (b 28.12.1750, d 1818)
  iv. John Finch (d 12.02.1763, MP)
  m. Elizabeth Younger (d 24.11.1762)
  a. Elizabeth Finch
  m. (02.06.1757) John Mason of Greenwich
  v. Edward Finch, later Finch-Hatton of Kirby Hall & Eastwell Park (d 16.05.1771, youngest surviving son)
m. (06.09.1746) Ann (not Elizabeth) Palmer (dau/coheir of Sir Thomas Palmer of Wingham)
  a. George Finch-Hatton of Eastwell Park (b 30.06.1747, d 17.02.1823)
  m. (10.12.1785) Elizabeth Mary Murray (d 01.06.1825, dau of David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield)
  (1) George William Finch-Hatton, 10th Earl of Winchilsea (b 19.05.1791, d 08.01.1858) had issue
  m1. (26.07.1814) Georgiana Charlotte Graham (b 03.06.1791, d 13.02.1835, dau of James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose)
  m2. (15.02.1837) Emily Georgiana Bagot (dsp 10.07.1848, dau of Sir Charles Bagot)
  m3. (17.10.1849) Fanny Margaretta Rice (d 26.04.1909, dau of Edward Boyd Rice of Dane Court)
  (2) Daniel Heneage Finch-Hatton (b 1795, d 03.01.1866, rector of Great Weldon, royal chaplain) had issue
  m. (15.12.1825) Louisa Greville (d 11.04.1883, dau of Robert Fulke Greville)
  (3) Louisa Anne Finch-Hatton (d 01.03.1875)
  m. (30.04.1807) Hon. Charles Hope (d 01.07.1828, General)
  (4) Emily Mary Finch-Hatton (d 14.12.1868)
  m. (07.02.1826) Alfred C. Lawrence (minister)
  (5)+ other issue - Edward (d young?), Anna Maria (d unm 02.12.1837)
b. Harriet Frances Charlotte Finch-Hatton (b 19.02.1751, d 1821) Collins (wrongly) suggested that it was Mary Henrietta Elizabeth rather than Harriet who married ...
  m. (1781) Sir Jenison William Gordon, Bart
c.+ other issue - John Emilius Daniel Edward (b 19.05.1755, d 10.01.1841), Anne (b 15.11.1750, d unm), Mary Henrietta Elizabeth (b 12.05.1753, d unm 1822)
  vi. Essex Finch (d 23.05.1721)
  m. (20.07.1703) Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Bart of Mostyn (d 05.05.1739)
  vii. Charlotte Finch (d 21.01.1773)
  m. (04.02.1725-6) Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset (b 13.08.1662, d 02.12.1748)
viii. Mary Finch (d 18/30.05.1761)
  m. Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham (b 13.06.1693, d 14.12.1750)
  ix. Henrietta Finch (dsp 04.1742)
  m. William (FitzRoy), Duke of Cleveland & Southampton
  x. Elizabeth Finch (dsp 10.04.1784)
m. William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (Chief Justice)
  xi.+ other issue (d unm) - Henry (d 26.05.1761, MP), Anne (d young), Isabella (d 01.03.1771), Frances, Margaret, 10 others (d young), 7 others (d stillborn)
  B. Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford (b 1649, d 22.07.1719) - continued below
  m. (16.05.1678) Elizabeth Banks (d 01.09.1743, dau/coheir of Sir John Banks of Aylesford, Bart of London, by Elizabeth, dau of Sir John Dethick, Lord Mayor of London)
  C. William Finch (d 26.02.1725-6, of the Inner Temple)
  m. (Anne) Hoskins (dau of Sir William Hoskins)
  i.+ issue - William, Essex
  D. Edward Finch (d 02.1737-8, rector of Wigan, prebendary of York, 5th son)
m. Mary Stanley
  E. Elizabeth Finch
  m. Sir Samuel Grimston, 3rd Bart (b 1643, d 10.1700, son/heir of Sir Harbottle)
  F.+ other issue - Charles (a 1689, d unm), Henry (d 08.09.1728, Dean of York), Robert (d unm), Edward (dvp), John (dvp), Thomas (dvp), Mary (dvp), Anne (dvp), Mary (d unm 10.02.1734-5)
2. Francis Finch
  m. Elizabeth Parkhurst
3. Frances Finch shown as of this marriage by Collins though BLG1952 (Clifton of Clifton) identifies her as half-sister of the 1st Earl of Nottignham
  m. (22.01.1654) Sir Clifford Clifton (d 1673)
4.+ other issue - Sir John (b c1630, dsp 18.11.1682, physician), 4 sons (d young), 3 daughters (d young)
m2. Elizabeth Cradock (dau of William Cradock of Staffordshire, widow of Richard Bennet)
12. Elizabeth Finch
  m. Edward Maddison of Fonaby & Grimblethorpe (bpt 24.11.1594, bur 30.03.1672)
13. Anne Finch (d 23.02.1678/9)
  m. (11.02.1650/1) Edward Conway, Earl of Conway (b c1623, d 1683)

 

 

Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford (b 1649, d 22.07.1719) - continued above
m. (16.05.1678) Elizabeth Banks (d 01.09.1743, dau/coheir of Sir John Banks of Aylesford, Bart of London, by Elizabeth, dau of Sir John Dethick, Lord Mayor of London)
1. Heneage Finch, 2nd Earl of Aylesford (b 1683, d 29.06.1757)
m. (09.12.1712) Mary Fisher (d 05.1740, dau/heir of Sir Clement Fisher, 3rd Bart of Packington)
  A. Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford (b 06.11.1715, d 09.05.1777)
  m. (06.10.1750) Charlotte Seymour (d 15.02.1805, dau of Charles, 6th Duke of Somerset)
  i. Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford (b 04.07.1751, d 21.10.1812)
  m. (18.11.1781) Louisa Thynne (d 28.12.1832, dau of Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath)
  a. Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford (b 24.04.1786, d 03.01.1859) had issue
  m. (23.04.1821) Augusta Sophia Greville (d 02.03.1845, dau of George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick)
  b. John Finch (b 1793, d 25.11.1861, General)
  m. (1835) Katherine Ellice (d 12.01.1872, dau of Alexander Ellice)
c. Charlotte Finch (d 17.01.1869)
  m. (22.01.1823) Charles Palmer (rector of Lighthorne)
  d.+ other issue - Daniel (b 25.022.1789, d 17.01.1868), Edward (b 1792, d 09.04.1830), Henry (b 1795, d 1829, RN), Charles (b 1799), Mary (d 24.07.1823), Elizabeth (d 01.06.1879)m Franecs (b c1791, d unm 12.07.1886), Henrietta (d 1828), Caroline (d 1821)
  ii. Charles Finch, later Griffith-Wynne (b 04.06.1752, d 17.12.1819)
  m. (28.12.1778) Jane Wynne (d 11.1811, dau of Watkin Wynne of Voelas)
  a. Charles Wynne Griffith-Wynne of Voelas (b 04.03.1780, d 22.03.1865, MP) had issue
  m. (05.1812) Sarah Hildyard (d 19.05.1860, dau of Rev. Henry Hildyard of Stokesley)
b . Jane Finch or Griffith-Wynne (d 1858)
  m. (1827) Rev. Thomas Cooke
  c. Louisa Finch or Griffith-Wynne (d 1822)
  m. (1822) Count D'Aglie (Sardinian Minister)
  d.+ other issue - George Heneage (d 1867), Heneage (d 1865, royal chaplain)
  iii. William Clement Finch (b 27.05.1753, d 09.1794, Admiral)
  m. (02.08.1789) Mary Brouncker (d 06.10.1813, sister of Henry Brouncker of Boveridge)
a.+ issue (d unm) - William (b 14.09.1791, d 19.10.1880, minister), Heneage (d 19.09.1850, minister), Mary (d 07.12.1870), Charlotte Louisa (d 28.08.1883)
  iv. Charlotte Finch (d 07.07.1808)
  m. (14.08.1777) Henry Bowes Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk, 5th Earl of Berkshire (b 16.05.1739, d 05.03.1779)
  v. Frances Finch (d 21.11.1838)
  m. (29.09.1482) George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth (b 03.10.1755, d 10.11.1810)
  vi.+ other issue - John (b 22.05.1755, dsp 29.06.1777), Edward (b 26.04.1756, d 27.10.1843, Colonel), Daniel (b 03.04.1757, d 10.1840, prebendary of Gloucester), Seymour (b 11.06.1758, d 02.02.1794), Henry Allington (b 26.02.1760, d 19.11.1780), Maria Elizabeth (d unm 20.10.1848), Henrietta Constantia (d unm 1814)
B. Mary Finch (d 16.03.1803)
  m. (06.11.1736) William Howard, Viscount Andover (dvp 18.07.1756)
  C. Elizabeth Finch (d unm 19.12.1793)
  D. Frances Finch (d 19.12.1761)
  m. (02.04.1741) William Courtenay, 1st Viscount (b 11.02.1709-10, d 16.05.1762)
2. John Finch (d 01.01.1739-40)
  m. (30.04.1726) Elizabeth Savile of Thrybergh (d 28.10.1767, dau of John Savile, younger of Methley)
  A. Savile Finch 'of Thribergh' (dsp)
  m. Judith Fullerton (dau of John Fullerton)
3. Henry Finch (d unm)
4. Elizabeth Finch (d 26.02.1757)
  m. (21.12.1703) Robert Benson, Lord Bingley (d 09.04.1731)
5. Anne Finch (d 30.11.1751)
  m. (18.07.1700) William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth (b 14.10.1672, d 15.12.1750)
6. Frances Finch
  m. (16.10.1716) Sir John Bland, 5th Bart (d 09.04.1743)

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Collins (Peerage of England, Brydges's edition vol 3, 1812, 'Finch, Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham'), BP1934 (Winchilsea and Nottingham), BP2003 (Winchilsea and Nottingham)
(2) For lower section : BP1934 (Aylesford) with some support from BP2003 (Aylesford)
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