Earl of Winchilsea

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Coat of arms of the Earls of Winchilsea and Nottingham

Earl of Winchilsea is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England . He has been associated with the title of Earl of Nottingham since 1729 .

Award, subordinate and other titles

The title was created for Elizabeth Finch on July 11, 1628 . She had already been raised to Viscountess Maidstone on July 8, 1623 . She was the wife of Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet , a longtime member of the House of Commons . After his death she was raised to the nobility.

When she died in 1634, her younger son Sir Thomas Finch, 3rd Baronet , inherited her titles, her older son Sir Theophilus Finch, 2nd Baronet , had died around 1619. He united the title of Baronet , of Eastwell in the County of Kent as a subordinate title with the Earldom. The Baronetcy was created in 1611 for his father Moyle Finch.

His son, the 3rd Earl, was awarded the title Baron FitzHerbert , of Eastwell in the County of Kent, in 1660 for his support of the Stuart Restoration .

At the death of the 6th Earl of Winchilsea on September 9, 1729, his second cousin, Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham , inherited his title. Already in 1682 he inherited the title Earl of Nottingham from his father , which he had been awarded in 1681. He also led the subordinate titles Baron Finch , of Daventry in the County of Northampton and Baronet, of Raunston in the County of Buckingham , which had been awarded to his father in 1673 and 1660, respectively. The Earldoms of Winchilsea and Nottingham, along with subordinate titles, have been united since then.

All named titles belong to the Peerage or Baronetage of England. The respective title heir ( Heir Apparent ) carries the courtesy title Viscount Maidstone .

List of the Earls of Winchilsea

Daniel Finch, 7th Earl of Winchilsea, 2nd Earl of Nottingham
George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea, 4th Earl of Nottingham

Finch Baronets, of Eastwell (1611)

Earls of Winchilsea (1628)

Heir Apparent is Tobias Joshua Stormont Finch-Hatton, Viscount Maidstone (* 1998).

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