Daniel James Hatfield Finch-Hatton, 17th Earl of Winchilsea, 12th Earl of Nottingham (born 7 October 1967), is a British hereditary peer and descendant of the American Vanderbilt family and the Hungarian Széchenyi family.

[2] His paternal grandparents were Christopher Finch-Hatton, 15th Earl of Winchilsea (1911–1950) and Countess Gladys Széchényi Sárvár-Felsövidék.

[citation needed] Finch-Hatton's other great-grandparents were Count László Széchényi Sárvár-Felsövidék (1879–1938) and Gladys Moore Vanderbilt (1886–1965).

[1] Daniel Finch-Hatton appears in adverts for Hattons of London, a private collectable coin merchant, where he holds the title of Honorary Chairman.

He married Shelley Amanda Gillard in 1994, with whom he has children:[5] The current earl resided at South Cadbury House, Yeovil, Somerset.