Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford

Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford (6 November 1715 – 9 May 1777), styled Lord Guernsey between 1719 and 1757, was a British peer and politician.

Finch was the son and heir of Heneage Finch, 2nd Earl of Aylesford by his wife Mary Fisher, daughter and heiress of Sir Clement Fisher, 3rd Baronet of Packington Hall, Warwickshire.

As Lord Guernsey, he sat as Member of Parliament for Leicestershire from 1739 to 1741[2][3] and for Maidstone from 1741 to 1747 and again from 1754 to 1757.

Lord Aylesford married his 2nd cousin Lady Charlotte Seymour (1730-1805), daughter of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset and Lady Charlotte Finch, daughter of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham on 6 October 1750.

They had twelve children: Lord Aylesford died at Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London, in May 1777, aged 61, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, Heneage.

Heraldic achievement of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford (1715-1777): Quarterly 1st & 4th: Argent, a chevron between three griffins passant sable (Finch); 2nd & 3rd: Argent, a chevron vair between three demi-lions rampant gules (Fisher of Great Packington, Warwickshire). Crest: A griffin passant sable . Supporters: dexter : A griffin sable ducally gorged or ; sinister: A lion or ducally gorged azure [ 1 ]
Packington Hall