Robert Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay

The Viscount Finlay
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
In office
10 December 1916 – 10 January 1919
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Preceded byThe Lord Buckmaster
Succeeded byThe Lord Birkenhead
Personal details
Born
Robert Bannatyne Finlay

(1842-07-11)11 July 1842
Newhaven, Edinburgh
Died9 March 1929(1929-03-09) (aged 86)
Kensington, London
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Liberal Unionist
Scottish Unionist
SpouseMary Innes (d. 1911)
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Middle Temple
Finlay's arms displayed in the House of Lords[1]

Robert Bannatyne Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay, GCMG, PC (11 July 1842 – 9 March 1929), known as Sir Robert Finlay from 1895 to 1916, was a British barrister and politician who was Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1916 to 1919.

  1. ^ "Lord Chancellors, printed paper office corridor (1)". Baz Manning. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2020.