Hon. Charles Finch (4 June 1752 – 17 December 1819) was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1775 to 1780. Finch was the son of

Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford (6 November 1715 – 9 May 1777), styled Lord Guernsey between 1719 and 1757, was a British peer and politician. Background and education Finch was the son and heir of Heneage Finch, 2nd Earl of Aylesford b ...

and his wife Lady Charlotte Seymour, daughter of

Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset (13 August 16622 December 1748), known by the epithet "The Proud Duke", was an English peer. He rebuilt Petworth House in Sussex, the ancient Percy seat inherited from his wife, in the palatial form which s ...

. He was educated at

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and matriculated at

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on 24 May 1769. On 16 May 1772 he was admitted to

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. Finch was returned unopposed as

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(MP) for

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at a by-election on 2 February 1775, on the interest of his cousin, Lord Suffolk. When his brother Lord Guernsey succeeded to the Earldom in 1777 he left his seat at

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vacant. Finch convincingly won a contest at the by-election on 16 May 1777 and was returned as MP for Maidstone. He was defeated at 1780 general election. Finch married Jane Wynne, the daughter of Watkin Wynne of

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, Denbighshire on 28 December 1778. He died on 17 December 1819. Their only child was their son was Charles Wynn Griffith-Wynne (4 March 1780 – 22 March 1865).

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1752 births 1819 deaths Younger sons of earls People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Members of Lincoln's Inn Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1774–1780

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