Family and Education
b. 2 July 1647, 1st s. Heneage Finch, earl of Nottingham and Elizabeth, da. of Daniel Harvey; bro. of Hon. Edward Finch‡, Hon. Heneage Finch‡ and Hon. William Finch‡. This biography is based on H. Horwitz, Rev. Pols. educ. Westminster; I. Temple 1658; Christ Church, Oxf. 1662; travelled abroad (Germany, Italy, France) 1665-8. m. (1) 16 June 1674, Lady Essex Rich (d. 23 Mar. 1684), da. of Robert Rich†, 3rd earl of Warwick, 2s. d.v.p. 6da. (5 d.v.p.); (2) 29 Dec. 1685 (with £10,000), Horwitz, Rev. Pols, 42. Anne, da. Christopher Hatton, Visct. Hatton, 6s. (1 d.v.p.) ?9da. (2 d.v.p.), (and 7 other children d.v.p.). HP Commons, 1660-90, 11, 312; Stud. in Soc. Hist. ed. J. Plumb, 177 n.44. d. 1 Jan. 1730, will 28 July 1729; pr. 30 June 1730. PROB11/638/73.
Offices Held

Ld. of Admiralty 1679, first ld. 1680 – 84; PC 4 Feb. 1680 – 12 Mar. 1696, 2 May 1702–1707, 23 Sept. 1714 – d.; sec. of state (S) 1689 – 93, 1702 – 04; ld. pres. 1714 – 16.

Freeman, Portsmouth 1682; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 365. gov. Charterhouse 1687; Add. 28569, f. 63; G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London, 355. commr. visiting hospitals 1691; CSP Dom. 1691, pp. 240, 473. Greenwich Hospital 1703. Daily Courant, 17 Aug. 1703.

FRS 1668.

Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, c.1720, Beningbrough Hall, Yorks. NPG 3910.

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Lords 1660-1715
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Oxford 1644
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