George Somerset Finch (1794 – 29 June 1870), of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland, was a British landowner and politician. Burley on the Hill, near Oakham - geograph

Burley on the Hill, near Oakham - geograph

Background

Finch was the illegitimate son of

George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea (4 November 1752 – 2 August 1826), 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 pla ...

and Mrs Phoebe Thompson and was educated at Harrow School (1805–11),

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(1811) and the

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(1817). In 1808 he was granted a licence to use the Finch arms.The Finch family at clutch.open.ac.uk
/ref> On his father's death in 1826 he inherited substantial estates, including Burley House near Oakham, Rutland and a large fortune.

Political career

Finch sat as

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for

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between 1820 and 1821, for Stamford between 1832 and 1837 and for Rutland between 1846 and 1847. He was

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for 1829–30.

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

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, in 1832, with whom he had 2 sons and 2 daughters. Finch died in June 1870. Lady Louisa survived him by over twenty years and died in August 1892.thepeerage.com
/ref> Burley House passed to his son

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, who was also a politician.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Finch, George 1794 births 1870 deaths People from Burley, Rutland People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of the Middle Temple High Sheriffs of Rutland Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1841–1847

Background

Political career

Family

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