William Finch may refer to: *

William Finch (bishop) William Finch was appointed Bishop of Taunton under the provisions of the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 in 1538, a post he held to his death in 1559. He had previously been Prior of Breamore Breamore ( ) is a village and Civil parishes in Englan ...

(died 1559), bishop of Taunton *

William Finch (merchant) William Finch (died 1613) was an English merchant in the service of the East India Company (EIC). He travelled to India along with Captain Hawkins during the reign of the Mughal emperor Jehangir. The two of them attended on the emperor at the Mu ...

(died 1613), English merchant *

William Finch (diplomat) William Finch (18 January 169125 December 1766) of Charlewood, Hertfordshire, was a British diplomat and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1761. He was considered an indolent diplomat and became an opponent of Walpole, ...

(1691–1766), British diplomat and politician * William Finch (Bampton lecturer) (1747–1810), English clergyman * William Finch (politician) (1832-1911), first African American elected to serve on the Atlanta City Council *

William Clement Finch William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conques ...

(1753–1794), British admiral and MP for

Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...

* William Finch (captain) of the

SS Arabic (1902) SS ''Arabic'' was a British-registered ocean liner that entered service in 1903 for the White Star Line. She was sunk on 19 August 1915, during the First World War, by German submarine , south of Kinsale, causing a diplomatic incident. Const ...

William Coles Finch William Coles Finch (1864–1944) was a British historian and author of a number of books on Kent-related topics. He is best known for writing ''Watermills and Windmills'', published in 1933 and reprinted in 1976, which is considered a standa ...

(1864–1944), British historian * William R. Finch (1847–1913), United States diplomat

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