FINCH, Heneage, Lord Guernsey (1715-77).

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
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Constituency

Dates

20 Dec. 1739 - 1741
1741 - 1747
1754 - 29 June 1757

Family and Education

b. 6 Nov. 1715, 1st s. of Heneage, 2nd Earl of Aylesford, by Mary, da. and h. of Sir Clement Fisher, 3rd Bt., of Packington, Warws.  educ. Westminster 1728-1732; Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1732.  m. 6 Oct. 1750, Lady Charlotte Seymour, da. of Charles, 6th Duke of Somerset, 8s. 4da.  suc. fa. as 3rd Earl 29 June 1757.

Offices Held

Biography

Lord Guernsey was returned unopposed for Maidstone in 1754 and was classed by Dupplin as a Tory. He was connected with George Grenville, and on 13 Nov. 1755 voted against the subsidy treaties.

He died 9 May 1777.

Ref Volumes: 1754-1790

Author: A. N. Newman

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