George Somerset Finch ( 1794 – 29 June 1870), of Burley-on-the-Hill,

Rutland Rutland is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Leicestershire to the north and west, Lincolnshire to the north-east, and Northamptonshire to the south-west. Oakham is the largest town and county town. Rutland has a ...

, was a British landowner and politician.

Background

Finch was the illegitimate son of

George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea (4 November 1752 – 2 August 1826), was an English peer, army officer and cricketer who was an important figure in the history of cricket. His main contributions to the game were patronage and organisatio ...

, and Mrs Phoebe Thompson, and was educated at

Harrow School Harrow School () is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon (school founder), John Lyon, a local landowner an ...

(1805–11),

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any ...

(1811). In 1808 he was granted a licence to use the Finch arms. and the

Middle Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court entitled to Call to the bar, call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple (with whi ...

(1817
The Finch family at clutch.open.ac.uk
/ref> On his father's death in 1826, the title went to his father's first cousin 10th Earl of Winchilsea, but the large Finch estate was not entailed, thus the estate that should have gone with the title instead was able to be given to him despite his illegitimacy, therefore he inherited substantial estates including the Earls of Winchilsea seat at Burley House near Oakham, Rutland and a large fortune. His estate generated an income of £29,000 a year.

Political career

Finch sat as Member of Parliament for

Lymington Lymington is a port town on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest (district), New Forest district of Hampshire, England. The town faces Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, to which there is a Roll-on/roll-off, car ferry s ...

between 1820 and 1821, for Stamford between 1832 and 1837 and for

between 1846 and 1847. He was

High Sheriff of Rutland This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of the English county of Rutland. The high sheriff, sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown: there has been a Sheriff of Rutland since 1129. Formerly the sheriff was the principal law enf ...

for 1829–30.

Family

Finch was twice married. He married firstly, Jane, daughter of Vice-Admiral John Richard Delap Tollemache, in 1819. After her early death in 1821 he married secondly Lady Louisa, daughter of Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort, in 1832, with whom he had 2 sons and 2 daughters. Finch died in June 1870. Lady Louisa survived him by over twenty years and died in August 1892. Burley House passed to his son George, who was also a politician.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Finch, George 1794 births 1870 deaths People from Burley, Rutland People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of the Middle Temple High sheriffs of Rutland Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1841–1847 George

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Family

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