FINCH, Hon. John (?1689-1740), of the Inner Temple.

Family and Education

b. ?1689, 2nd s. of Heneage Finch, M.P., 1st Earl of Aylesford, and bro. of Heneage, Lord Guernsey (b. ?1683). educ. ?Westminster; Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1 Apr. 1709, aged 19; I. Temple 1710, called 1719. m. 30 Apr. 1726, Elizabeth, da. and h. of John Savile of Methley, Yorks., 1s. 1da.

Address

Main residence: the Inner Temple.

biography text

Returned as a Tory on the family interest at Maidstone, John Finch, a lawyer, voted consistently with the Opposition. In February and March 1732 he twice paired with his cousin, Lord Perceval, on Walpole’s proposed salt duty, which he opposed.1HMC Egmont Diary, i. 220, 234. He died 1 Jan. 1740.

Author

A.N.N.

Volume

Commons 1715-1754

Notes

1. HMC Egmont Diary, i. 220, 234.