George Finch of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland

Rutland

Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....

, was a British landowner and politician.

Background

Finch was the illegitimate son of George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea

George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea

George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea KG PC FRS was an important figure in the history of cricket. His main contributions to the game were patronage and organisation but Winchilsea, an amateur, was also a very keen player....

. In 1808 he was granted a license to use the Finch arms. On his father's death in 1826 he inherited substantial estates.

Political career

Finch sat as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Lymington

Lymington (UK Parliament constituency)

Lymington was a parliamentary borough in Hampshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1584 until 1868, and then one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.-1584-1640:- 1640-1868 :...

 between 1820 and 1821, for Stamford

Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)

Stamford was a constituency in the county of Lincolnshire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of England to 1706 then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918...

 between 1832 and 1837 and for Rutland

Rutland (UK Parliament constituency)

Rutland was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Rutland. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1918, when it became part of the Rutland and Stamford constituency, along with Stamford in Lincolnshire...

 between 1846 and 1847.

Family

Finch was twice married. He married firstly, Jane, daughter of Vice-Admiral John Richard Delap, in 1819. After her early death in 1821 he married secondly Lady Louisa, daughter of Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort, in 1832. His son by his second wife, George was also a politician. Finch died in June 1870. Lady Louisa survived him by over twenty years and died in August 1892.

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