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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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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.
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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.