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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 352 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FINCH , FINCH-See also:

HATTON. This old See also:English See also:family has had many notable members, and has contributed in no small degree to the See also:peerage. See also:Sir See also:Thomas Finch (d. 1563), who was knighted for his See also:share in suppressing Sir T. See also:Wyatt's insurrection against See also:Queen See also:Mary, was a soldier of See also:note, and was the son and See also:heir of Sir See also:William Finch, who was knighted in 1513. He was the See also:father of Sir Moyle Finch (d. 1614), who was created a See also:baronet in 1611, and whose widow See also:Elizabeth (daughter of Sir Thomas Heneage) was created a peeress as countess of See also:Maidstone in 1623 and countess of Winchilsea in 1628; and also of Sir See also:Henry Finch (1558-1625), whose son See also:John, See also:Baron Finch of Fordwich (1584-1660), is separately noticed. Thomas, eldest son of Sir Moyle, succeeded his See also:mother as first See also:earl of Winchilsea; and Sir Heneage, the See also:fourth son (d. 1631), was the See also:speaker of the See also:House of See also:Commons, whose son Heneage (1621-1682), See also:lord See also:chancellor, was created earl of See also:Nottingham in 1675. The latter's second son Heneage (1649-1719) was created earl of See also:Aylesford in 1714. The earldoms of Winchilsea and Nottingham became See also:united in 1729, when the fifth earl of Winchilsea died, leaving no son, and the See also:title passed to his See also:cousin the second earl of Nottingham, the earldom of Nottingham having since then been held by the earl of Winchilsea. In 1826, on the See also:death of the ninth earl of Winchilsea and fifth of Nottingham, his cousin See also:George William Finch-Hatton succeeded to the titles, the additional surname of Hatton (since held in this See also:line) having been assumed in 1764 by his father under the will of an aunt, a daughter of See also:Christopher, See also:Viscount Hatton (1632-1706), whose father was related to the famous Sir Christopher Hatton.

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FINCH (Ger. Fink, Lat. Fringilla)