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 by his wife Mary Fisher, daughter and heiress of Sir Clement Fisher, 3rd Baronet of Packington Hall, Warwickshire. He was educated at

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Political career

As Lord Guernsey, he sat as Member of Parliament for

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from 1739 to 1741 and for

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from 1741 to 1747 and again from 1754 to 1757. The latter year he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the

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Family

Lord Aylesford married his 2nd cousin Lady Charlotte Seymour (1730-1805), daughter of

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and Lady Charlotte Finch, daughter of

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on 6 October 1750. She was reputed to be worth £50,000. They had twelve children: * Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford (1751–1812), married Lady Louisa Thynne on 18 November 1781 and had issue. *Hon.

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(4 June 1752 – 17 September 1819), married Jane Wynne on 28 December 1778 and had issue. *Adm. Hon. William Clement Finch (25 May 1753 – 30 September 1794), married Mary Brouncker on 2 August 1789 and had issue. *Lady Charlotte Finch (13 May 1754 – 7 July 1808), married Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk on 14 August 1777 and had issue. *Capt. Hon. John Finch (22 May 1755 – 29 June 1777),

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, mortally wounded at the Battle of Short Hills. *Col. Hon. Edward Finch (26 April 1756 – 27 October 1843). *Rev. Hon. Daniel Finch (3 April 1757 – 24 October 1840), prebendary of Gloucester and Fellow of All Souls. *Capt. Hon. Seymour Finch (11 June 1758 – 2 February 1794), RN. *Hon. Henry Allington Finch (26 February 1760 – 19 November 1780). *Lady Frances Finch (9 February 1761 – 21 November 1838), married her second cousin once removed

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on 29 September 1782 and had issue. *Lady Maria Elizabeth Finch (7 October 1766 – 20 October 1848). *Lady Henrietta Constantia Finch (3 June 1769 – 1814). Lord Aylesford died at

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, in May 1777, aged 61, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, Heneage. The Countess of Aylesford died at Aylesford, Kent, in February 1805, aged 74.

References

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