Heneage Finch, 2nd Earl of Aylesford (1683–1757) was a British peer and member of the

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, styled Lord Guernsey from 1714 to 1719.

Origins

He was the son and heir of

Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford, PC, KC (22 July 1719) was an English lawyer and statesman. Early life Finch was second son of Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham and the former Elizabeth Hervey (eldest daughter of Daniel Hervey). ...

(died 1719).

Career

From 1704 to 1705, he represented

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in the

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, and was

knight of the shire Knight of the shire ( la, milites comitatus) was the formal title for a member of parliament (MP) representing a county constituency in the British House of Commons, from its origins in the medieval Parliament of England until the Redistributio ...

for

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from 1710 to 1719. He was the

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from 1711 to 1716.

Marriage and children

He married Mary Fisher (1690 – 28 May 1740), daughter and heiress of Sir Clement Fisher, 3rd Baronet (died 1729) of

Packington Hall Packington Hall is a 17th-century mansion situated at Great Packington, near Meriden, Warwickshire, England the seat of the Earl of Aylesford. It is a Grade II* listed building. History It was built in 1693 for Sir Clement Fisher on whose ...

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, Warwickshire, by his wife Ann Jennens. They had children including: *

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 ...

, eldest son and heir. *Mary (1717-16 March 1803) married

William Howard, Viscount Andover William Howard, styled by courtesy Viscount Andover (23 December 1714 – 15 July 1756), of Elford Hall, Staffordshire, was British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1737 to 1747. Early life Howard was the eldest surviving so ...

. They had one son, and three daughters. *Frances (died 1761), married in 1741 William Courtenay, ''de jure'' 7th Earl of Devon, 1st Viscount Courtenay (1710–1762) of

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, Devon.Vivian, Heralds' Visitations of Devon, 1895, p. 249 *

Sources

*''

Dictionary of National Biography The ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (''DNB'') is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885. The updated ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (''ODNB'') was published on 23 September ...

'', Finch, Heneage, first Earl of Aylesford (1647?–1719), by E. T. Bradley. Published 1889.

References

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