Family and Education
b. c. 1649, 2nd s. of Heneage Finch†, 1st Earl of Nottingham, by Elizabeth, da. of Daniel Harvey, Grocer and merchant, of Laurence Pountney Hill, London and Croydon, Surr.; bro. of Daniel Finch †, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, Hon. Edward* and Hon. William†. educ. Westminster; I. Temple 1662, called 1673, bencher 1673; Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 18 Nov. 1664, aged 15, DCL 1683. m. 16 May 1678 (with £10,000), Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir John Banks, 1st Bt.*, 3s. 6da. cr. Baron Guernsey 15 Mar. 1703, Earl of Aylesford 19 Oct. 1714. H. Horwitz, Revol. Politicks, 259.
Offices Held
Attaché to Hon. Henry Coventry† as plenip. congress of Breda 1667; KC 1677; solicitor-gen. 1679–86; groom of bedchamber 1685–89; PC 20 Mar. 1703–May 1708, 13 Dec. 1711–d.; chancellor, duchy of Lancaster 1714–16.
Chairman, cttees. of supply, and ways and means 22 May–20 Nov. 1685.
Commr. building 50 new churches 1711–15.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Arch Row, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.; Albury, nr. Guildford, Surr.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
FINCH, Hon. Heneage I (c.1649-1719)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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