George Finch-Hatton, 11th Earl of Winchilsea
The Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, October 1880
George James Finch-Hatton, 11th Earl of Winchilsea and 6th Earl of Nottingham (31 May 1815 – 9 June 1887), styled Viscount Maidstone between 1826 and 1857, was a British peer and Tory politician.
Background
Winchilsea was the son of George Finch-Hatton, 10th Earl of Winchilsea and 5th Earl of Nottingham and his first wife Lady Georgiana Charlotte, daughter of James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose.
Political career
Winchilsea was elected Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire North in 1837, a seat he held until 1841. In 1858 he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords.
Estates
In the mid-1860s, Lord Winchilsea experienced serious financial difficulties, which eventually forced him to leave his property at Eastwell Park in Kent. On 4 December 1868 trustees appointed under the Winchilsea Estate Act (1865) entered into a contract to let Eastwell Park, together with its furnishings and effects, to the Duke of Abercorn for a period of five years. Lord Winchilsea had been obliged to vacate the property some time prior to December 1868,[1] and he was formally adjudged bankrupt on 5 October 1870.[2] Eastwell was next occupied by Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, the second son of Queen Victoria.
Family
Lord Winchilsea was twice married. He married firstly Lady Constance Henrietta, daughter of Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey, in 1846. They had one son and three daughters. After her death in March 1878 he married secondly Lady Elizabeth Georgiana, daughter of Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham, in 1882. There were no children from this marriage. Lord Winchilsea died in June 1887, aged 72. His only son, George Finch-Hatton, Viscount Maidstone (1852-1879), had predeceased him, and he was succeeded in his titles by his half-brother, Murray Finch-Hatton. Lady Winchilsea died in February 1904.
Lord Winchilsea, his son and his second wife are buried in the cemetery of the now ruined church of St Mary the Virgin at Eastwell Park.
References
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Lord Brudenell Thomas Philip Maunsell |
Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire North 1837 – 1841 With: Thomas Philip Maunsell |
Succeeded by Thomas Philip Maunsell Augustus Stafford |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by George Finch-Hatton |
Earl of Winchilsea 1858 – 1887 |
Succeeded by Murray Finch-Hatton |
| Earl of Nottingham 7th creation 1858 – 1887 | ||
| Viscount Maidstone 1858 – 1887 | ||
| Baron Finch of Daventry 1858 – 1887 | ||
| Baronetage of England | ||
| Preceded by George Finch-Hatton |
Baronet (of Raunston, Buckinghamshire) 1858 – 1887 |
Succeeded by Murray Finch-Hatton |
| Baronet (of Eastwell, Kent) 1858 – 1887 | ||