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Henry Finch (died 1761)

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72:. In 1726 he lost his college fellowship because of non-residence and for holding more property as an MP than was permissible for a fellow, but he was reinstated soon afterwards and retained the fellowship until 1749. He was returned unopposed at Malton at the 287: 84:
general elections. When in Parliament, he voted with the Government in every recorded division. In 1743 he left the Minorca post and was appointed surveyor of works on the recommendation of Pelham in preference to his brother
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on 19 August. 1712, aged 17. He was nominated by his father as a fellow of Christ's on the Finch and Baines foundation in 1713 and was awarded MA in 1714.
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and was appointed receiver-general of the revenues of Minorca in 1729. He lived at Minorca for a time. He was returned unopposed in the
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by-election on 19 December 1720. By 1724 he had been over ten years at Cambridge and his father and his brother
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Finch died unmarried on 26 April 1761. As well as Lord Finch, his brothers
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at a by-election on 27 November 1724 on the interest of his brother-in-law,
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Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
22:(c. 1694–1761) was a British academic and politician who sat in the 93:
and was classed as Old Whig. He was returned unopposed at the
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Finch stood unsuccessfully for Parliament as a Whig in the
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were in discussion over his future. He was returned as
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House of Commons
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham
Anne Hatton
Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton
Eton College
Christ's College, Cambridge
Cambridge University
Lord Finch
Member of Parliament
Malton
Thomas Watson Wentworth
1727
1734
1741
Edward
1747 general election
1754 general election
1761
Edward
John
William Finch


"FINCH, Hon. Henry (?1694-1761)"
"Finch, Henry (FNC712H)"
"FINCH, Hon. Henry (?1695-1761)"
Parliament of Great Britain
Sir William Strickland
Thomas Watson-Wentworth
Member of Parliament

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