Henry Finch-Hatton, 13th Earl of Winchilsea

Henry Stormont Finch-Hatton, 13th Earl of Winchilsea and 8th Earl of Nottingham (3 November 1852 – 14 August 1927) was an English peer.

The Right Honourable The Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham
Finch-Hatton in Queensland (c. 1875)
Personal details
Born	Henry Stormont Finch-Hatton (1852-11-03)3 November 1852 Eastwell Park, Kent, England
Died	August 14, 1927(1927-08-14) (aged 74) London, England
Resting place	Ewerby, Lincolnshire, England
Spouse	Anne Jane Codrington ​ ​ (m. 1882; died 1924)​
Children	Lady Gladys Williams Guy Finch-Hatton, 14th Earl of Winchilsea Denys Finch-Hatton
Parents	George Finch-Hatton, 10th Earl of Winchilsea (father) Frances Margaretta Rice (mother)
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford

Early life

He was born at the family seat of Eastwell Park and the third son of George Finch-Hatton, 10th Earl of Winchilsea (1791–1858) and his third wife Frances Margaretta Rice (1820–1909). His maternal grandparents were Edward Royd Rice, British MP for Dover from 1847 to 1857, and the former Elizabeth Knight daughter of Edward Austen Knight, brother of Jane Austen^[1]

He was educated at Eton and matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford in 1874, although he remained at the university for only one year.

Career

From 1875 until 1887, he was a cattle-farmer and gold miner in Queensland, Australia.^[1] His brother Harold Finch-Hatton joined him in Queensland, settling in the Mackay area from 1875 to 1883 and wrote an account of his experiences, entitled "Advance Australia".^[2]

In 1898, his older brother, Murray Finch-Hatton, 12th Earl of Winchilsea died, therefore, Henry succeeded him, inheriting the Haverholme estate and becoming both the Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham.^[3]

Haverholme Priory, Lincolnshire c. 1903. The boys are thought to be Denys and Guy Montagu Finch-Hatton

Personal life

On 12 January 1882 at St Peter's Church, Eaton Square, he married Anne Jane Codrington^[4] (died 20 June 1924), daughter of Admiral Sir Henry Codrington and Helen Jane Smith. His wife's nickname was "Nan". Together they had three children:^[1]

1. Lady Gladys Margaret Finch-Hatton (1882–1964), who married Capt. Osmond Trahairn Deudraeth Williams (1883–1915), eldest son of Sir Osmond Williams, 1st Baronet.^[1]
2. Guy Montagu George Finch-Hatton, 14th Earl of Winchilsea (1885–1939), who married American heiress Margaretta Armstrong Drexel and succeeded his father.^[1]
3. Denys George Finch-Hatton (1887–1931), who died unmarried in East Africa, killed in a flying accident.^[1]

He died in London on 14 August 1927 at the age of 74 and was buried at Ewerby, Lincolnshire.^[5]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Henry Stormont Finch Hatton

16. Daniel Finch, 7th Earl of Winchilsea 8. Hon. Edward Finch-Hatton 17. Hon. Anne Hatton 4. George Finch-Hatton 9. Anne Palmer 2. George William Finch-Hatton, 10th Earl of Winchilsea 10. David Murray, 7th Viscount Stormont, 2nd Earl of Mansfield 5. Lady Elizabeth Murray 11. Countess Henrietta Frederica von Bünau Henry Stormont Finch Hatton, 13th Earl of Winchilsea 12. Henry Rice 6. Edward Royd Rice 13. Sarah Samson 3. Fanny Margareta Rice 14. Edward Austen Knight 7. Elizabeth Austen Knight 15. Elizabeth Bridges

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