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FINCH, HON. JOHN, son of Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford (qv); b. 13 Mar 1793; adm.; left 1806; Cornet, 15th Light Dragoons 5 Oct 1809; Lieut., 20 Dec 1810; Capt., 37th Foot 17 Feb 1814; half-pay 25 May 1817; Maj., Royal West India Rangers 5 Mar 1818; Lieut. -Col. in Army 25 Oct 1823; Col. in Army 28 Jun 1838; Maj. -Gen., 11 Nov 1851; Lieut. -Gen., 20 Feb 1855; Col., 24th Foot from 19 Jun 1856; served in Peninsular War; wounded at Vittoria 1813; CB 26 Dec 1818; Military Secretary to Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere (qv) while Commander-in-Chief, India; present at siege and capture of Bhurtpore 1826; m. 28 Jul 1835 Katherine, dau. of Alexander Ellice; d. 25 Nov 1861.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.