FINCH, HENEAGE, EARL OF AYLESFORD
Arms.—Quarterly.
1st and 4th; arg., a chevron between 3 griffins passant. Finch.
2nd and 3rd; per pale, az. and gu., 3 lions rampant arg. Herbert.
Coronet.—That of an Earl.
Motto.—Nec elata nec deiecta.
[Sacchi. Platinae hystoria de vitis potificum. Venetiis, 1511.]
Heneage Finch (born c. 1647, died 22nd July 1719) was the second son of the first Earl of Nottingham. Mr. Finch was an eminent lawyer, and in 1678 he became Solicitor-General. He was Member of Parliament for Oxford, and in 1702, shortly after the accession of Queen Anne, he was chosen to receive Her Majesty when she visited that city. On this occasion he was created Baron of Guernsey. On the accession of George I. Lord Guernsey was created Earl of Aylesford, and also made a Member of the Privy Council and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
