Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford

The Earl of Aylesford
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
In office
1783–1804
MonarchGeorge III
Prime Minister
Preceded byThe Earl of Cholmondeley
Succeeded byLord Pelham
Lord Steward of the Household
In office
1804–1812
MonarchGeorge III
Prime Minister
Preceded byThe Earl of Dartmouth
Succeeded byThe Earl of Cholmondeley
Personal details
Born4 July 1751 (1751-07-04)
Syon House, near London
Died21 October 1812 (1812-10-22) (aged 61)
Great Packington, Warwickshire
NationalityBritish
Spouse
(m. 1781)
Children13, including Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford
Parent(s)Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford and Mary Fisher
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
Arms of Finch: Argent, a chevron between three griffins passant sable[1]

Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford, PC, FRS, FSA (4 July 1751 – 21 October 1812), styled Lord Guernsey between 1757 and 1777, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1772 to 1777 when he succeeded to a peerage. He was also a landscape artist.

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p. 102