Heneage Finch (politician)
Sir Heneage Finch ( December 15, 1580 - December 5, 1631 ) was an English lawyer and politician.
Life
He was the youngest son of Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet (1550-1614) and Elizabeth Heneage, 1st Countess of Winchilsea (1556-1634).
He was at Trinity College of Cambridge University educated and was 1,606 at the Inner Temple as a barrister admitted.
In 1607 he was elected as a member of Parliament for Borough Rye in Sussex in the English House of Commons . He held this mandate until 1614. In 1621 he was elected as MP for the Rotten borough West Looe in Cornwall and in 1624, 1625 and 1626 for the Borough of London .
From 1621 to 1631 he held the post of Recorder of the City of London . On June 22, 1623 he was knighted as a Knight Bachelor and in 1625 he was made Serjeant-at-law . From 1625 to 1626 he also served as Speaker of the House of Commons and chaired the last sessions of Parliament before King Charles I dissolved it in 1626.
Marriages and offspring
He first married Frances Bell around 1607 († 1627). He had four children with her:
- Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1620–1682) ⚭ Elizabeth Harvey;
- Francis Finch (1623–1679) ⚭ Elizabeth Parkhurst;
- Elizabeth Finch (* 1625) ⚭ Edward Maddison (1594–1672).
- John Finch († 1627)
In 1629 he married Elizabeth Cradock († 1661), the rich widow of the London haberdashery Richard Bennett († 1628). He had several children with her, including:
- Frances Finch (* 1630) ⚭ Sir Clifford Clifton;
- Anne Finch (1631–1679) ⚭ Edward Conway, 1st Earl of Conway .
Literature and web links
- Andrew Thrush: Finch, Heneage (1580-1631). In: Andrew Thrush, John P. Ferris (Eds.): The History of Parliament. The House of Commons 1604-1629. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2010 ( History of Parliament Online ).
- Sir Heneage Finch on thepeerage.com
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Finch, Heneage |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English lawyer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1580 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 5, 1631 |