Heneage Finch, 6th Earl of Aylesford
DL (24 December 1824 – 10 January 1871), styled Lord Guernsey until 1859, was a British peer and politician.
Background
Born in
Packington
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,
Warwickshire
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, Aylesford was the son of
Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford
Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford (24 April 1786 – 3 January 1859) was a British peer, the eldest son of Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford.
He was styled Lord Guernsey until he succeeded his father in 1812.
Aylesford married in 1821 Augu ...
and his wife Lady Augusta Sophia, fourth daughter of
George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick
George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick, FRS, FSA (16 September 1746 – 1816), styled Lord Greville until 1773, was a British nobleman and politician.
The eldest son of Francis Greville, 1st Earl Brooke (created Earl of Warwick in 1759), he was ...
.
Cricket
A keen amateur
cricket
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er, Aylesford played
first-class cricket
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mostly for the
Marylebone Cricket Club
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, but also played first-class cricket for other teams. He made 21 first-class appearances, scoring 200 runs at an
average
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of 7.14, with a high score of 28
not out
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Occurrence
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Political career
Finch became a major of the
Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry in 1848 and represented the county as
Deputy Lieutenant from 1852.
[ He entered the ]British House of Commons
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The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 mem ...
in 1849, sitting for Warwickshire South until 1857. Two years later, he succeeded his father in the earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords
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Family
Lord Aylesford married Jane Wightwick Knightley (1827–1911), only daughter and heiress of John Wightwick Knightley of Offchurch Bury
Offchurch Bury is a manor house one mile north-west of the centre of the village of Offchurch, Warwickshire, England. It is supposed to represent the site of a palace of the Anglo-Saxon King Offa of Mercia (d.796), after which Offchurch is na ...
in Warwickshire, in 1846. They had two sons and one daughter. He died in London
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in January 1871, aged 46, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, Heneage. The Countess of Aylesford died in October 1911.
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1824 births
1871 deaths
Deputy Lieutenants of Warwickshire
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UK MPs 1847–1852
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Warwickshire Yeomanry officers
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