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Aylesford, Earl of (GB, 1714)

Creation: let. pat. 19 Oct 1714

Family name: Finch later Finch-Knightley

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Arms:

Argent a Chevron between three Griffins passant Sable

Crest:

A Griffin passant Sable

Supporters:

Dexter:  a Griffin Sable ducally gorged Or;  Sinister:  a Lion Or ducally gorged Azure

Motto:

Aperto Vivere Voto (To live with will unfettered)

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Heneage [Finch], 1st Baron Guernsey later 1st Earl of Aylesford, PC

2nd son of Heneage [Finch], 1st Earl of Nottingham (by his wife Elizabeth Hervey, 1st dau. of Daniel Hervey, of Folkestone, co. Kent, and of the City of London), 1st son of Hon Sir Heneage Finch MP, Recorder of the City of London and Speaker of the House of Commons (by his first wife Frances Bell, dau. of Sir Edmund Bell, of Beaupré Hall, co. Norfolk), 3rd son of Elizabeth [Heneage later Finch, suo jure Countess of Winchilsea

born

c.1649

mar.

16 May 1678 Elizabeth Banks (d. 1 Sep 1743), dau. and cohrss of Sir John Banks, 1st Bt., of Aylesford, co. Kent, by his wife Elizabeth Dethick, dau. of Sir John Dethick, Lord Mayor of London

children

1. Hon Heneage Finch, later 2nd Earl of Aylesford

2. Hon John Finch (d. 1 Jan 1739/40), mar. 30 Apr 1726 his cousin Elizabeth Savile (d. 28 Oct 1767), dau. of John Savile, of Methley, co. York (by his wife Mary Banks, dau. and cohrss. of Sir John Banks, 1st Bt., of Aylesford, co. Kent), 1st son and heir ap. of John Savile, of Methley and Thrybergh, co. York, by his wife Sarah Tryon, dau. of Peter Tryon, of Harringworth and Bulwich, co. Northampton, and had issue

3. Henry Finch (d. unm.)

1. Lady Elizabeth Finch (dspms. 26 Feb 1757), mar. 21 Dec 1703 Robert [Benson], 1st Baron Bingley, and had issue

2. Lady Anne Finch (d. 30 Nov 1751), mar. 18 Jul 1700 William [Legge], 1st Earl of Dartmouth, and had issue

3. Lady Frances Finch, mar. 16 Oct 1716 Sir John Bland, 5th Bt. MP, of Kippax Park, co. York, and had issue

died

22 Jul 1719

created

15 Mar 1702/3 Baron Guernsey

19 Oct 1714 Earl of Aylesford

suc. by

son

note

barrister, Inner Temple; KC 1677; Solicitor General 1678/9-86; Member of Parliament (Tory) for the University of Oxford 1679, 1689-98 and 1701-03 and for Guildford 1685-87; Privy Councillor 1702/3-08, 1711 and 1714-19; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1714-15/6

Heneage [Finch], 2nd Earl of Aylesford

born

1683

mar.

9 Dec 1712 Mary Fisher (d. 28 May 1740), dau. and hrss. of Sir Clement Fisher, 3rd Bt., of Packington, co. Warwick, by his wife Ann Jennens, dau. of Humphrey Jennens, of Erdington, co. Warwick

children

1. Hon Heneage Finch, later 3rd Earl of Aylesford

1. Lady Mary Finch (b. 1 May 1716/7; bur. 16 Mar 1803), mar. 6 Nov 1736 Hon William Howard MP, styled Viscount Andover (b. 23 dec 1714; dvp. 18 Jul 1756), 1st son and heir ap. of Henry Bowes [Howard], 11th Earl of Suffolk, by his wife and cousin Catherine Grahame, only surv. dau. and hrss. of Col James Grahame, of Levens, co. Westmorland, and had issue

2. Lady Elizabeth Finch (d. 19 Dec 1793)

3. Lady Frances Finch (d. 19 Dec 1761), mar. 2 Apr 1741 William [Courtenay], 1st Viscount Courtenay and de jure 7th Earl of Devon, and had issue

died

29 Jun 1757

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament (Tory) for Maidstone 1704-05 and for Surrey 1710-19; Master of the Jewel Office 1711-16

Heneage [Finch], 3rd Earl of Aylesford

born

6 Nov 1715

mar.

6 Oct 1750 his cousin Lady Charlotte Seymour (b. 21 Sep 1730; d. 15 Feb 1805), 2nd dau. of Charles [Seymour], 6th Duke of Somerset, by his second wife Lady Charlotte Finch, 2nd dau. of Daniel [Finch], 7th Earl of Winchilsea

children

1. Hon Heneage Finch, later 4th Earl of Aylesford

2. Hon Charles Finch (b. 4 Jun 1752; d. 17 Dec 1819), mar. 28 Dec 1778 Jane Wynne (d. Nov 1811), dau. of Watkin Wynne, and had issue

3. Admiral Hon William Clement Finch RN (b. 27 May 1753; d. Sep 1794), mar. 2 Aug 1789 Mary Brouncker (mar. (2) William Strode, of Northaw, co. Hertford; d. 6 Oct 1813), sister of Henry Brouncker, co. Dorset, and had issue

4. Hon John Finch, killed in America (b. 22 May 1755; dsp. 29 Jun 1777)

5. Col Hon Edward Finch (b. 26 Apr 1756; d. 27 Oct 1843)

6. Rev Hon Daniel Finch, Prebendary of Gloucester (b. 3 Apr 1757; d. Oct 1840)

7. Hon Seymour Finch (b. 11 Jun 1758; d. 2 Feb 1794)

8. Hon Henry Allington Finch (b. 26 Feb 1760; d. 19 Nov 1780)

1. Lady Charlotte Finch (b. 13 May 1754; d. 7 Jul 1808), mar. 14 Aug 1777 as his second wife her cousin Henry [Howard], 12th Earl of Suffolk, and had issue

2. Lady Frances Finch (d. 21 Nov 1838), mar. 24 Sep 1782 her second cousin once removed George [Legge], 3rd Earl of Dartmouth, and had issue

3. Lady Maria Elizabeth Finch (d. 20 Oct 1848)

4. Lady Henrietta Constantia Finch (d. 1814)

died

9 May 1777

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for Leicestershire 1739-41, for Maidstone 1741-47 and 1754-57

Heneage [Finch], 4th Earl of Aylesford, PC

born

4 Jul 1751

mar.

18 Nov 1781 Lady Louisa Thynne (b. 25 Mar 1760; d. 28 Dec 1832), 1st dau. of Thomas [Thynne], 1st Marquess of Bath, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Cavendish-Bentinck, 1st dau. of William [Cavendish-Bentinck], 2nd Duke of Portland

children

1. Hon Charles Finch, styled Lord Guernsey (dvp. 18 Jul 1784)

2. Hon Heneage Finch, later 5th Earl of Aylesford

3. Hon Daniel Finch, barrister-at-law (b. 25 Feb 1789; d. 17 Jan 1868)

4. Rev Hon Edward Finch (b. 1792; d. 9 Apr 1830)

5. Gen Hon John Finch CB (b. 1793; d. 25 Nov 1861), mar. 1835 Katherine Ellice (d. 12 Jan 1872), dau. of Alexander Ellice

6. Lieut Hon Henry Finch RN (b. 1795; d. 1820)

7. Rev Hon Charles Finch (b. 1799)

1. Lady Charlotte Finch (d. 17 Jan 1869), mar. 22 Jan 1823 Rev Charles Palmer, Rector of Lighthorne, co. Warwick, and had issue

2. Lady Mary Finch (d. 24 Jul 1823)

3. Lady Elizabeth Finch (d. 1 Jun 1879)

4. Lady Frances Finch (b. c. 1791; d. 12 Jul 1886)

5. Lady Henrietta Finch (d. 1828)

6. Lady Caroline Finch (d. 1821)

died

21 Oct 1812

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament (Tory) for Castle Rising 1772-74 and for Maidstone 1774-77; a Lord of the Bedchamber 1777-83; Privy Councillor 1783; Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1783-1804; a Trustee of the British Museum 1787-1812; Lord Steward of the Household 1804-12

Heneage [Finch], 5th Earl of Aylesford

born

24 Apr 1786

mar.

23 Apr 1821 Lady Augusta Sophia Greville (d. 2 Mar 1845), 4th dau. of George [Greville], 2nd Earl of Warwick, by his second wife Harriet Vernon, 1st dau. and cohrss. of Richard Vernon, of Hilton, co. Stafford

children

1. Hon Heneage Finch, later 6th Earl of Aylesford

2. Lt Col Hon Daniel Greville Finch (b. 26 Apr 1827; d. 22 Feb 1882)

1. Lady Augusta Finch (d. 1 Dec 1900), mar. 9 Jul 1846 her second cousin William Walter [Legge], 5th Earl of Dartmouth, and had issue

2. Lady Sarah Finch (dvp. 24 Apr 1850)

died

3 Jan 1859

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament (Tory) for Weobley 1807-12; an Officer in the Light Dragoons 1811-12

Heneage [Finch], 6th Earl of Aylesford

born

24 Dec 1824

suc. by

7 May 1846 Jane Wightwick Knightley (d. 21 Oct 1911), only dau. and hrss. of John Wightwick Knightley, of Offchurch Bury, co. Warwick

children

1. Hon Heneage Finch, later 7th Earl of Aylesford

2. Hon Charles Wightwick Finch, later 8th Earl of Aylesford

3. Capt Hon Daniel Harry Finch (b. 5 Jun 1858; d. 17 Dec 1890)

4. Lieut Hon Clement Edward Finch (b. 26 Aug 1861; d. 4 Oct 1895)

5. Hon George Cecil Moyle Finch (dvp. an infant 8 Jan 1865)

1. Lady Anne Francesca Wilhelmine Finch (d. 10 Jan 1933), mar. 9 Aug 1875 Charles James Murray MP, of Loch Carron, co. Ross (b. 29 Nov 1851; d. 25 Sep 1929), 1st son and heir of Rt Hon Sir Charles Augustus Murray KCB (by his first wife Elizabeth Wadsworth, dau. of James Wadsworth, of New York, USA), 2nd son of George [Murray], 5th Earl of Dunmore, and had issue

died

10 Jan 1871

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament (Conservative) for South Warwickshire 1849-57

Heneage [Finch], 7th Earl of Aylesford

born

21 Feb 1849

mar.

8 Jan 1871 (sep. 22 May 1877) Edith Peers-Williams (d. 23 Jun 1897), 3rd dau. of Col Thomas Peers-Williams MP, of Temple House, co. Berkshire, and Craig-y-don, co. Anglesey, by his wife Elizabeth Bacon, yst. dau. of Anthony Bacon, of Elcott, co. Berkshire

children

1. Hon Guy Bertrand Finch (b. 4 Nov 1881; dvp. an infant)

1. Lady Hilda Joanna Gwendoline Finch (b. 25 Jul 1872; d. 13 Aug 1931), mar. 12 Apr 1898 Lt Col Sir Malcolm Donald Murray GCVO CB CBE, Comptroller and Equerry to HRH the Duke of Connaught, Deputy Ranger of Windsor Great Park 1929-37 (b. 9 Jul 1867; d. 2 Aug 1938), 4th son of Brig-Gen Hon Alexander Henry Murray (by his wife Martha Frances Vincent Davenport, dau. of Thomas E Davenport, of Ballynacourty House, co. Limerick), 3rd son of John [Murray], 4th Earl of Dunmore, by his wife and his cousin Lady Charlotte Stewart, 5th dau. by his second wife of Alexander [Stewart], 6th Earl of Galloway, and had issue

2. Lady Alexandra Louise Minna Finch (b. 9 Jul 1875; d. 18 Jul 1959), mar. (1) 10 Sep 1901 Philip Samuel Danby (d. 22 Dec 1909), son of Rev Samuel Danby, and (2) 19 Apr 1911 Robert William Emmet (d. 13 May 1933), 2nd son of George N Emmet, of Kensington, London, and had issue by both husbands

died

s.p.m. 13 Jan 1885

suc. by

brother

Charles Wightwick [Finch], 8th Earl of Aylesford

born

7 Jun 1851

mar. (1)

4 Feb 1873 Hon Georgiana Agnes Bagot (b. 22 May 1852; dsp. 14 Apr 1874), 1st dau. of William [Bagot], 3rd Baron Bagot, by his wife Hon Lucia Caroline Elizabeth Agar-Ellis, sister of Henry [Agar-Ellis], 3rd Viscount Clifden, and 1st dau. of George James Welbore [Agar-Ellis], 1st Baron Dover

mar. (2)

16 Apr 1879 Marcella Araminta Victoria Linton (widow of Capt James Wingfield Linton, of Hemingford, co. Huntingdon;  d. 6 May 1939), yst. dau. of John Ross, of Benena Abbots, co. Cork

children by second wife

1. Hon Heneage Greville Finch, styled Lord Guernsey (b. 2 Jun 1883; dvp. 14 Sep 1914), mar. 11 Jun 1907 Hon Gladys Cecil Georgina Fellowes (b. 4 Jan 1885; d. 4 Aug 1952), 2nd dau. of William Henry [Fellowes], 2nd Baron De Ramsey, by his wife Lady Rosamund Jane Frances Spencer-Churchill, 2nd dau. of John Winston [Spencer-Churchill], 7th Duke of Marlborough, and had issue:

1a. Hon Heneage Michael Charles Finch, later 9th Earl of Aylesford

2. Hon Charles Daniel Finch later Finch-Keighley, later 10th Earl of Aylesford

3. Hon Ronald William Edward Finch. Midshipman RN (b. 28 Sep 1889; dsp. 27 Jul 1948), mar. 19 Jul 1920 Grace Edith Langley (d. 30 dec 1968), dau. of Walter Langley, of 55 Egerton Gardens, London SW

1. Lady Violet Ella Finch (dsp. 26 Feb 1960), mar. 14 Dec 1904 Maj Eustace Crawley (ka. 2 Nov 1914), 2nd son of George Baden Crawley

2. Lady Muriel Gladwys Finch (d. 26 Apr 1940), mar. 27 Jul 1901 William Worthington Worthington, of Maple Hayes (d. 25 Nov 1949), and had issue

died

16 Sep 1924

suc. by

grandson

Heneage Michael Charles [Finch], 9th Earl of Aylesford

born

31 Oct 1908

mar.

18 Apr 1940 Pamela Elizabeth Dugdale (b. 16 Oct 1901; former wife of Lt Cmdr James George Greville Dugdale RN, of Wroxall Abbey, co. Warwick;  d. 4 May 1990), 1st dau. of Lt Col Hon Charles John Coventry CB,, of Earls Croome Court, co. Worcester (by his wife Lily Whitehouse, yst. dau. of William Fitzhugh Whitehouse, of Eastbourne Lodge, Newport, USA), 2nd son of George William [Coventry], 9th Earl of Coventry

died

s.p. 28 May 1940

suc. by

uncle

Charles Daniel [Finch later Finch-Knightley], 10th Earl of Aylesford

born

23 Aug 1886

mar.

7 Feb 1918 Aileen Jane Chartres Boyle (d. 30 Aug 1977), only dau. of William McCormac Boyle, of Armagh, Northern Ireland

children

1. Hon Charles Ian Finch-Knightley, later 11th Earl of Aylesford

2. Hon Anthony Heneage Finch-Knightley (b. 27 Apr 1920 ; dspm. 15 Oct 1995), mar. 12 Jun 1948 Susan Mary Palmer, only dau. of Maj-Gen Geoffrey Woodroffe Palmer CB CBE, of Chilwell, co. Nottingham, and had issue

died

20 Mar 1958

suc. by

son

note

Capt, 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, and Canadian Forces; in Merchant Service, World War I; Military Secretary to Governor-General of Australia, 1918-20

Charles Ian [Finch-Knightley], 11th Earl of Aylesford, DL

born

2 Nov 1918

mar.

21 Mar 1946 Margaret Rosemary (d. 1989), only dau. of Maj Austin Arnold Tyer MVO, of Tunstall, Wadhurst

children

1. Hon Charles Heneage Finch-Knightley, later 12th Earl of Aylesford

1. Lady Sarah Elizabeth Jane Finch-Knightley (b. 14 Jul 1950), mar. 5 Sep 1974 (Angus) Nigel Garnet Maclean, 8th of Kilmoluaig, 2nd son of Maj Gordon Maclean, of Poachers Lodge, Odiham, co. Hampshire, and has issue

2. Lady Clare Charlotte Rosemary Finch-Knightley (b. 13 Sep 1959), mar. 1985 James Remington-Hobbs, of 11a Porchester Terrace, London W2, son of C Remington-Hobbs, of Normandy, France, and has issue

died

19 Feb 2008

suc. by

son

note

Capt, Black Watch Regiment, World War II; Vice-Lieutenant, West Midlands 1964-74; Lord Lieutenant of West Midlands 1974-93; KStJ 1974

Charles Heneage [Finch-Knightley], 12th Earl of Aylesford

born

27 Mar 1947

mar.

18 Feb 1971 Penelope Anstice Crawley, only dau. of Kenneth Arnold Gibbs Crawley, of 20 Alexander Square, London SW3

children

1. Hon (Heneage) James Daniel Finch-Knightley, styled Lord Guernsey (b. 29 Apr 1985)

1. Lady Rachel Louise Finch-Knightley (b. 20 Nov 1974)

2. Lady Kate Pamela Finch-Knightley (b. 20 Nov 1974), mar. 25 Apr 2009 Edward Hugh Gordon Haynes (b. 1976), 2nd son of John Charles Haynes, of Lellizzick West, Padstow, co. Cornwall (by his wife Hon Penelope Margaret Gilbey, only dau. of John Hugh Philip [Gilbey], 10th Baron Vaux of Harrowden), 1st son of Joseph Gladstone Haynes, of Castlecroft, Wolverhampton

3. Lady Alexandra Rosemary Finch-Knightley (b. 5 Oct 1977)

4. Lady Laura Charlotte Finch-Knightley (b. 10 Aug 1982)

Last updated 18 Aug 2008

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Titles:

12th Earl of Aylesford

(Great Britain, let. pat. 19 Oct 1714)

12th Baron Guernsey

(England, let. pat. 15 Mar 1702/3)

Address:

Packington Old Hall, Coventry, West Midlands CV7 7HG

Tel:  01676 523273   Office:  01676 522020

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