Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea

Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea (13 June 1578 – 4 November 1639) was an English peer and Member of Parliament.

The Right Honourable The Earl of Winchilsea
Member of the England Parliament for Kent
In office 1628–1629 Serving with Sir Dudley Digges
Preceded by	Sir Edward Hales Sir Edward Scott
Succeeded by	Parliament suspended
Member of the England Parliament for Winchelsea
In office 1621–1622 Serving with Edward Nicholas
Preceded by	William Binge Thomas Godfrey
Succeeded by	Edward Nicholas John Finch
Personal details
Born	Thomas Finch 13 June 1578 England
Died	4 November 1639 (aged 61) England
Nationality	English
Spouse(s)	Cecille Wentworth ​ (m. 1609)​
Children	Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea
Parents	Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet Elizabeth Heneage, 1st Countess of Winchilsea

Arms of Finch: Argent, a chevron between three griffins passant sable

Finch was the son of Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Heneage, 1st Countess of Winchilsea. He married Cecille Wentworth, daughter of John Wentworth of Gosfield Hall, High Sheriff of Essex, and Cecille Unton, in 1609.[1]

Finch represented the constituencies of Winchelsea and Kent as a Member of Parliament.[2]

Finch inherited the earldom of Winchilsea from Elizabeth Finch, 1st Countess of Winchilsea on her death in 1634 and was succeeded on his own death in 1639 by his son Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea.

References

1. History of Burley, Rutland - Pedigree of the Finch family
2. Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.

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