Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea (13 June 1578 – 4 November 1639) was an English
peer and Member of Parliament.
Early life
Finch was the third, but second surviving, son of
Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet
Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet JP ( – 18 December 1614) was an English politician, knight, sheriff, and MP.
Early life
Finch was second, but eldest surviving son, of Sir Thomas Finch of Eastwell, Kent, and the former Catherine Moyle. Among ...
and
Elizabeth Heneage, 1st Countess of Winchilsea.
Among his siblings were
Sir Theophilius Finch, 2nd Baronet Sir Theophilus Finch, 2nd Baronet (2 October 1573 – ) was an English nobleman and politician.
Early life
Finch was born on 2 October 1573. He was the eldest son of Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Finch, ''suo jure'' Countess of Winch ...
,
Lady Anne Finch (who married
Sir William Twysden, 1st Baronet
Sir William Twysden, 1st Baronet (1566–1628) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1628.
Life
Twysden was the son of Roger Twysden, of Roydon Hall, East Peckham, and his wife Anne Wyatt, dau ...
),
Hon. Sir Heneage Finch (
Speaker of the House of Commons Speaker of the House of Commons is a political leadership position found in countries that have a House of Commons, where the membership of the body elects a speaker to lead its proceedings.
Systems that have such a position include:
* Speaker of ...
),
Hon. Francis Finch (MP for
Eye), and Lady Catherine Finch (who married
Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet, of Gosfield Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet ( – October 1631), of Gosfield, was an English aristocrat.
Easly life
He was the eldest of two sons born of John Wentworth of Gosfield Hall, and the former Cicely Unton.Cokayne, George Edward, editor, ''The Comple ...
).
His paternal grandparents were the former Catherine Moyle (a daughter of Sir
Thomas Moyle
Sir Thomas Moyle (1488 – 2 October 1560) was a commissioner for Henry VIII in the dissolution of the monasteries, and Speaker of the House of Commons in the Parliament of England from 1542 to 1544.
Life
He was the fourth son of John Moyl ...
).
and
Sir Thomas Finch and his uncle was
Henry Finch (MP for
Canterbury
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The Archbishop of Canterbury is the primate of ...
and
St Albans).
His maternal grandparents were the former Anne Poyntz (daughter of Sir
Nicholas Poyntz) and
Sir Thomas Heneage
Sir Thomas Heneage PC (1532 – 17 October 1595) was an English politician and courtier at the court of Elizabeth I.
Early and personal life
Thomas Heneage the Younger was born at Copt Hall, Epping, Essex, the son of Sir Robert Heneage and Lucy ...
, who was
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
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and
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in the latter years of the reign of
Elizabeth I
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.
Career
Finch represented the constituencies of
Winchelsea
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from 1621 to 1622 and
Kent
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from 1628 to 1629 as a
Member of Parliament
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.
Upon the death of his elder brother
Sir Theophilus Finch, 2nd Baronet in 1619, Finch inherited his father's baronetcy. Later, he inherited the
earldom of Winchilsea from his mother
Elizabeth Finch, 1st Countess of Winchilsea
Elizabeth Finch, ''née'' Heneage, 1st Countess of Winchilsea (9 July 1556 – 23 March 1634) was an English peeress.
Early life
Elizabeth was born on 9 July 1556. She was the daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Heneage, who was Chancellor ...
on her death in 1634.
Personal life
In 1609, he married Cecille Wentworth, a daughter of
John Wentworth of
Gosfield Hall,
High Sheriff of Essex
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, and Cecille Unton (dau. and eventual co-heiress of Sir Edward Unton). They had a son and three daughters, including:
History of Burley, Rutland - Pedigree of the Finch family
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* Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea
Sir Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea (1628 – 28 September 1689) of Eastwell, Kent, was the 3rd Earl of Winchilsea.
Early life
Finch was the only surviving son of Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea and the former Cecille Wentworth of ...
(–1689), the British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire who married Hon. Diana Willoughby, eldest daughter of Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby in 1645. After her death in 1648, he married Lady Mary Seymour, second daughter of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset
William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, (158824 October 1660) was an English nobleman and Royalist commander in the English Civil War.
Origins
Seymour was the son of Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp (who predeceased his own father) by his wif ...
, in . After her death in 1672, he married Catherine ( Norcliffe) Wentworth, widow of Christopher Lister and Sir John Wentworth (and daughter of Sir Thomas Norcliffe) in 1673. After her death in 1678, he married Elizabeth Ayres, only daughter and heiress of John Ayres, in 1681.
Lord Winchilsea died on 4 November 1639 and was succeeded in his titles by his only son, Heneage.
References
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1578 births
1639 deaths
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16th-century English nobility
17th-century English nobility
English MPs 1621–1622
English MPs 1628–1629
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