Edward Finch (diplomat)

MP
Hon. Edward Finch-Hatton by Nathaniel Hone the Elder
Personal details
Born	Edward Finch 1697
Died	February 16, 1771(1771-02-16) (aged 73–74)
Resting place	Eastwell, Kent, England
Spouse	Anne Palmer
Parents	Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham Anne Hatton

Edward Finch-Hatton (c.1697 – 16 May 1771) of

Early life

Finch was born Hon. Edward Finch, 5th son of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham and 7th Earl of Winchilsea, and of his second wife, Hon. Anne Hatton, daughter and sole heiress of Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton.^[1] He lived at Burley on the hill with his parents and 11 siblings. He was educated at a school at Isleworth and was admitted at Trinity College, Cambridge on 10 October 1713, aged 16, where he obtained an M.A. in 1718.^[2] He then went on the Grand Tour from 1720 to 1723, visiting France, Italy and Hanover.^[3]

Diplomatic and political career

In 1724, Finch began a diplomatic career, representing

groom of the bedchamber to the King, a post he held despite changes of government until 1756. He spoke on the Address on 16 November 1742, giving an account of all his negotiations and spoke against an opposition motion of 6 December 1743 for discontinuing the Hanoverian troops on British pay. He was returned unopposed again at the 1747 British general election.^[4]

Finch married Anne Palmer (b. August 1709 – 1795), daughter and co-heiress of Sir Thomas Palmer, 4th Baronet, of Wingham and sister to Mary Palmer, 8th Countess of Winchilsea on 15 August 1746, by special licence, at the house of his older brother, Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, in Sackville Street, Mayfair.^[6][7] In 1764, he took the additional surname Hatton in accordance with the will of his half aunt Anne Hatton.^[8][3] When he inherited the Hatton properties including Kirby Hall from her.

Kirby hall grand order

Kirby Hall courtyard

Kirby Hall's facade from garden

Finch and his wife had two sons and three daughters:

• George Finch-Hatton, FRS, MP (30 June 1747 – 17 February 1823).^[9] m. Lady Elizabeth Murray, dau of 2nd Earl of Mansfield. issue include George, 10th Earl of Winchilsea.
• Anne Finch-Hatton (b. 17 November 1750).^[10]
• Harriett Frances Charlotte Finch-Hatton (b. 19 February 1752 – 1821)"Lady Gordon".
  Sir Jenison William Gordon, 2nd Baronet
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• Mary Henrietta Elizabeth Finch-Hatton (b. 12 May 1754 – Mar 1822).^[12][13]
• John Emilius Daniel Edward Finch-Hatton (b. 19 May 1755, d. Jan 1841).^[14][15]

his wife Mrs. Finch-Hatton (Anne Palmer) of Manchester Square survived him by another 24 years and died in 1795 at Eastwell Park, their son's newly rebuilt house by Bonomi.^[16]

Their eldest son George became an MP, and was succeeded in turn by his own son George Finch-Hatton, who inherited the family's title and became the 10th Earl of Winchilsea.^[1]

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