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.
FINCH, HON. EDWARD, fourth son of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford (qv); b. 26 Apr 1756; adm. 27 May 1766; KS 1768; Capt. of the School 1772; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1773, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1773, scholar 22 Apr 1774, matr. Lent 1774; BA 1777; adm. Inner Temple year 1775/6; Cornet, 27th Light Dragoons 27 Dec 1778; Lieut., 87th Foot 7 Oct 1779; Lieut. and Capt., 2nd Foot Guards 5 Feb 1783; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 3 Oct 1792; 2nd Maj., 19 Nov 1800, 1st Maj., 18 Jun 1801 - Apr 1808; Brevet Col., 3 May 1796; Maj. -Gen., 1 Jan 1801; Lieut. -Gen., 25 Apr 1808; Col. . 54th Foot 3 Aug 1808 – Sep 1809, 22nd Foot from 23 Sep 1809; Gen., 12 Aug 1819; travelling in Italy 1787; served in Flanders 1793-5, Ireland 1798, and on expedition to The Helder 1799; commanded the cavalry under Abercromby in Egypt 1801, and the Brigade of Guards at Bremen 1806 and on expedition to Copenhagen 1807; MP Cambridge 11 May 1789 - Nov 1819; Groom of the Bedchamber to Kings George III, George IV and William IV 27 Apr 1802 - 20 Jun 1837; d. 27 Oct 1843. DNB.
FINCH, FRANCIS, fifth son of Sir Moyle Finch, Bart., MP, Eastwell, Kent, and Elizabeth, Countess of Winchilsea, only dau. of Right Hon. Sir Thomas Heneage PC, Kt, Copthall, Essex, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household to Queen Elizabeth; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1611, adm. scholar 25 Apr 1612, matr. Easter 1612; BA 1615/6; MA 1629; MP Eye Feb 1623/4 - Mar 1628/9; m. Anne, only child of Michael Barker, Bildeston, Suffolk; d. c. Jan 1657/8 (will dated 14 Dec 1657, proved PCC 18 Jan 1657/8, he of Kensington, Middlesex).
FINCH, HENEAGE, 2ND EARL OF AYLESFORD, eldest son of Heneage, 1st Earl of Aylesford (qv); bapt. Albury, Surrey 27 Aug 1683 (IGI); at school under Knipe (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1729); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Jun 1700, aged 17; MP Maidstone 3 Nov 1704- 5, 1710 - 22 Jul 1719; Master of the Jewel House 8 Jun 1711 - Feb 1716; styled Lord Guernsey 1714-9; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Aylesford 22 Jul 1719; a Busby Trustee from 28 Jan 1719/20; gave £50 towards building of College Dormitory; m. 9 Dec 1712 Mary, dau. of Sir Clement Fisher, Bart.; d. 29 Jun 1757.
FINCH, HENEAGE, 3RD EARL OF AYLESFORD, only son of Heneage Finch, 2nd Earl of Aylesford (qv); b. 6 Nov 1715; styled Lord Guernsey 1719-57; adm. May 1728; in school list 1731; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 31 Jul 1732; MA 1735; DCL 1761; MP Leicestershire 20 Dec 1739 - 41, Maidstone 1741-7, 1754 - 29 Jun 1757; succ. father as 3rd Earl of Aylesford 29 Jun 1757; a Busby Trustee from 18 Apr 1758; m. 6 Oct 1750 Lady Charlotte Seymour, youngest dau. of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset KG PC, Master of the Horse; d. 9 May 1777.
FINCH, HENEAGE, 4TH EARL OF AYLESFORD, eldest son of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford (qv); b. 4 Jul 1751; in school list 1764; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Nov 1767; MA 1770; DCL 1773; Grand Tour (travelling in Italy in 1770s); MP Castle Rising 10 Jun 1772 -4, Maidstone 1774 - 9 May 1777; succ. father as 4th Earl of Aylesford 9 May 1777; a Lord of the Bedchamber 19 Dec 1777 - Dec 1783; Captain, Yeomen of the Guard 31 Dec 1783 - May 1804; Privy Councillor 31 Dec 1783; Lord Steward of the Household 30 May 1804 - resigned 19 Feb 1812; a proficient amateur artist; FRS 25 Feb 1773; FSA 26 Feb 1784; member, Society of Dilettanti 1776; Trustee, British Museum, from 1787; a Busby Trustee from 10 Apr 1783; m. 18 Nov 1781 Lady Louisa Thynne, eldest dau. of Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquis of Bath KG PC; d. 20 Oct 1812.
FINCH, HENEAGE, 5TH EARL OF AYLESFORD, son of Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford (qv); b. 24 Apr 1786; in school lists 1801, 1803; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 Apr 1804; BA 1807; MP Weobley 1807 - Jan 1812; Cornet, 9th Light Dragoons 22 Aug 1811; Lieut., 20 May 1812; retired 1814; succ. father as 5th Earl of Aylesford 20 Oct 1812; Lieut. -Col. commandant, Warwickshire Yeomanry 23 May 1814 - still 1820; DL Warwickshire 1822, Vice-Lieut. 1828; FSA (by 1831); m. 23 Apr 1821 Lady Augusta Sophia Greville, fourth dau. of George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick; d. 3 Jan 1859.
FINCH, HENEAGE, 1ST EARL OF AYLESFORD, second son of Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham (qv); b.; adm.; a boarder with Busby for over four years (Busby’s Account Book); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 18 Nov 1664, aged 15; DCL 22 May 1683; adm. Inner Temple 23 Nov 1662, called to bar 23 Nov 1673, Bencher 28 Oct 1677; KC 10 Jul 1677; Solicitor-Gen. 13 Jan 1678/9 - 21 Apr 1686; MP Oxford University Feb 1678/9 - Jul 1679, Guildford 1685-7, Oxford University Jan 1688/9 -98, Jan 1700/1- 15 Mar 1702/3; leading counsel for the Seven Bishops, Trinity term 1688; popularly known at the Bar as “silver-tongued Finch”; created Baron Guernsey 15 Mar 1702/3; Privy Councillor 20 Mar 1702/3 - May 1708, and from 13 Dec 1711; created Earl of Aylesford 19 Oct 1714; Chancellor, Duchy of Lancaster 14 Oct 1714 - 29 Feb 1715/6; one of original trustees of Busby’s will; author, reports of various celebrated trials and of other legal tracts; m. 16 May 1678 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Banks, Bart., Aylesford, Kent; d. 22 Jul 1719. DNB.