Family and Education
b. ?1697, 5th s. of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham and 7th Earl of Winchilsea, and bro. of Daniel, Lord Finch, and Hon. Henry, John and William Finch. educ. Trinity, Camb. 10 Oct. 1713, aged 16; Grand Tour. m. 6 Sept. 1746, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Palmer, 4th Bt., 2s. 3da. suc. to estates of his gt.-aunt Hon. Anne Hatton 1764, and took add. name of Hatton.
Offices Held
Minister to imperial diet 1724 – 25, to Poland 1725 – 27; envoy to Sweden 1728 – 39; minister to Poland, Apr. – May 1740; envoy to Russia 1740 – 42; groom of the bedchamber 1742 – 56; master of the robes 1757 – 60; surveyor of the King’s private roads 1760 – d.
Main residence: Kirby Hall, nr. Rockingham, Northants.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
FINCH, Hon. Edward (?1697-1771)
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Oxford 1644
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