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FIELDER, GEORGE, son of Thomas Fielder, and Elizabeth Hulls (IGI); b. 15 May 1811; adm. 24 Jan 1826 (Stikeman's); left Jun 1828; adm. solicitor, Mich. 1834; a Proctor, Court of Arches, adm. 1834; no longer in Law List 1880; of West Horsley Place, Surrey; m. (by 1881) Laura M. ---; d. 23 Apr 1886.

Fielding, D'Arcy Evelyn Mills, son of Charles D'Arcy Godolphin Osborne Fielding and Con­stance Evelyn, d. of Benjamin Joseph Barnard Mills of Islington; b. 12 Mar. 1900; adm. Apr. 1914 (A); left July 1918; RMC Sandhurst 1918; 2nd Lieut. York & Lancaster Regt Dec. 1919, Lieut. Dec. 1921, Capt. Mar. 1936; Adjutant Straits Settlements Volunteers 1936, Maj. Aug. 1938; Staff Capt. Egypt 1939-41; OBE 1941; served India 1943-5, Lieut.-Col. Feb. 1944; retd Apr. 1945; m. 6 Jan. 1927 Margaret Helen, d. of William Rammage Carstairs of Karachi; d. 30 Sept. 1988.

FIELDING, W. H.; b.; adm. 2 May 1810; left 1810.

FIGGIS, HOWARD BRADLEY, son of Samuel Figgis, Montagu Grove, Hampstead, Middlesex, produce broker, and Annie Maria, dau. of Benjamin Smith, Sutton Lodge, Hackney; b. 20 Jan 1868; adm. (G) 1 Apr 1880; left Apr 1881; at Uppingham School Apr 1881 - Dec 1884; rubber and general produce broker, firm Samuel Figgis & Co., Fenchurch Street, London; member, City of London Advisory Recruiting Committee, during 1914-18 War; MBE 3 Jun 1918; m. Edith Annie, dau. of Sir Corbet Woodall, Kt DSc MICE, Chislehurst, Kent, Governor Gas Light & Coke Co.

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Filson, John Warnock, son of Alexander Bell Filson of Barnes; b. 10 June 1907; adm. Jan. 1922 (R); left Dec. 1925; murdered at his home 14 Jan. 1927.

FINCH, HON. CHARLES, second son of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford (qv); b. 4 Jun 1752; adm.; in school list Jun 1764; KS 1765; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1769, matr. 24 May 1769, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1769 - void 11 Nov 1772 on election as Fellow All Souls; Fellow, All Souls Coll., 1772; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 16 May 1772; MP Castle Rising 2 Feb 1775 - May 1777, Maidstone 16 May 1777-80; m. 28 Dec 1778 Jane, eldest dau. of Watkin Wynne (qv); d. 17 Dec 1819.

FINCH, DANIEL, 7TH EARL OF WINCHILSEA AND 3RD EARL OF NOTTINGHAM, second son of Daniel Finch, 6th Earl of Winchilsea and 2nd Earl of Nottingham (qv), and his second wife; b. 24 May 1689; styled Lord Finch 1689-1730; at school under Knipe (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1726/7 and 1761); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Jun 1704, aged 15; Grand Tour 1706-11 (in Italy 1709-11); MP Rutland 1710 - 1 Jan 1729/30; Groom of the Bedchamber to George II when Prince of Wales Sep 1714-6; a Lord of the Treasury 10 Oct 1715 - 29 Feb 1716; Comptroller of the Household 24 May 1725 - May 1730; Privy Councillor 1 Jun 1725; LLD Cambridge 25 Apr 1728; succ. father as 7th Earl of Winchilsea and 3rd Earl of Nottingham 1 Jan 1729/30; First Lord of the Admiralty 16 Mar 1742 - Dec 1744, 5 Apr - 2 Jul 1757; KG 13 Mar 1752; Lord President of the Council 12 Jul 1765 - 30 Jul 1766; DL Rutland 1713; a Busby Trustee from 30 May 1722; gave £100 towards the building of College Dormitory; m. 1st, 28 Dec 1729 Lady Frances Feilding, fifth dau. of Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh; m. 2nd, 19 Jan 1737/8 Mary, dau. of Sir Thomas Palmer, Bart., MP; d. 2 Aug 1769.

FINCH, HON. DANIEL, fifth son of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford (qv); b. 3 Apr 1757; adm. 1 Jun 1768; left Whitsun 1774; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Jun 1774, Canoneer Student 15 Dec 1774 - void 6 Nov 1777 on election as Fellow All Souls; BA 1778; MA 1782; BD 1790; Fellow of All Souls Coll., Oxford, from 1777; Proctor 1786; ordained deacon 29 Oct 1780, priest 10 Jun 1781 (both Oxford); Rector of Cwm, Flintshire 1790; Prebendary of Gloucester from 12 Jun 1792; Rector of Harpsden, Oxfordshire, 4 Nov 1801; d. 24 Oct 1840.

FINCH, DANIEL, 6TH EARL OF WINCHILSEA AND 2ND EARL OF NOTTINGHAM, eldest son of Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham (qv); b. 2 Jul 1647; adm.; a boarder of Busby’s for over three years (Busby’s Account Book); adm. Inner Temple 28 Jan 1657/8; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Jul 1662; MP Great Bedwyn Feb 1672/3 - Jan 1678/9, Lichfield Aug 1679-81 (check); a Lord of the Admiralty 14 May 1679 - Feb 1680/1; Privy Councillor 4 Feb 1679/80; First Lord of the Admiralty 19 Feb 1680/1 - May 1684; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Nottingham 18 Dec 1682; one of the last to accept the Revolution settlement of 1688-9, although he always kept aloof from the Jacobites; Secretary of State 19 Feb 1688/9 - Nov 1693; carried the Toleration Act, but failed to get his Comprehension Bill passed; again Secretary of State 15 May 1702 - May 1704, when he resigned on the Whigs becoming predominant in the ministry; an active head of the High Church party during the rest of the reign of Queen Anne; carried act forbidding the occasional conformity of dissenters, and opposed preliminaries of peace with France 1711; a leading “Hanoverian Tory” in the years before and immediately after the accession of George I; Lord President of the Council 22 Sep 1714 - Feb 1715/6, when dismissed for advocating leniency to the Jacobite peers then under sentence of death; succ. his second cousin as 6th Earl of Winchilsea 9 Sep 1729; FRS 26 Nov 1668; one of the original trustees of Busby’s will; author, The Answer of the Earl of Nottingham to Mr Whiston’s Letter to him concerning the Eternity of the Son of God, 1721; m. 1st, 16 Jun 1674 Lady Essex Rich, second dau. of Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick; m. 2nd, 29 Dec 1685 Hon. Anne Hatton, third dau. of Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton; d. 1 Jan 1729/30. DNB.