Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford

Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford, PC, FRS, FSA (4 July 1751 – 21 October 1812), styled Lord Guernsey between 1757 and 1777, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1772 to 1777 when he succeeded to a peerage.

(At the time was already inherited by his heiress maternal first cousin Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland) He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.

[3] Aylesford was returned to parliament for Castle Rising in 1772, a seat he held until 1774, and then represented Maidstone until 1777, when he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords.

[4] The latter year he was sworn of the Privy Council[5] and appointed Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard[5] by William Pitt the Younger.

[citation needed] Apart from his political career Lord Aylesford was an artist of some repute in the British landscape tradition.