Heneage Finch (speaker)

Sir Heneage Finch
Finch wearing the scarlet robes of a serjeant-at-law.
Speaker of the English House of Commons
In office
1625–1626
Preceded bySir Thomas Crewe
Succeeded bySir John Finch
Member of Parliament for the City of London
In office
1624–1626
Preceded byRobert Heath
Succeeded byChristopher Clitherow
Member of Parliament for West Looe
In office
1621–1621
Serving with Christopher Harris
Preceded byJohn Harris
Sir Edward Lewkenor
Succeeded byGeorge Mynn
James Bagg
Member of Parliament for Rye
In office
1610–1614
Serving with John Young
Preceded byThomas Hamon
Succeeded byEdward Hendon
Personal details
Born
Heneage Finch

(1580-12-15)15 December 1580
Died5 December 1631(1631-12-05) (aged 50)
Spouses
Frances Bell
(died 1627)
Elizabeth Cardock Bennett
(m. 1629)
RelationsSir Thomas Finch (grandfather)
Sir Thomas Heneage (grandfather)
ChildrenEarl of Nottingham, Viscountess Conway
Parent(s)Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet
Elizabeth Finch, 1st Countess of Winchilsea
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Grave monument to Heneage Finch by Nicholas Stone the Elder, now in Victoria and Albert Museum
Arms of Finch: Argent, a chevron between three griffins passant sable

Sir Heneage Finch (15 December 1580 – 5 December 1631) was an English lawyer, Member of Parliament, and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1607 and 1626. He was Speaker of the English House of Commons in 1626.