Heneage_Finch,_5th_Earl_of_Aylesford

Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford

Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford

British peer

Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford (24 April 1786 – 3 January 1859)[2] was a British peer, the eldest son of Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford.

Arms of Finch: Argent, a chevron between three griffins passant sable[1]

He was styled Lord Guernsey until he succeeded his father in 1812.

Aylesford married in 1821 Augusta Sophia Greville, daughter of George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick. His children included Augusta Finch who was born in 1822 and became a philanthropist and Countess of Dartmouth.[3]

He was High Steward of Sutton Coldfield from 1835 until his death.

References

  1. [1]
    Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p. 102
  2. [2]
    The Register of Births and Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster. 1761-1786. 21 May 1786.
  3. [3]
    K. D. Reynolds, 'Legge , Augusta, countess of Dartmouth (1822–1900)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 12 March 2017
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