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Also Known As

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  • Family name: Finch
  • Earl of Aylesford
    • Heneage Finch, 6th Earl of Aylesford (3 January 1859 – 10 January 1871)
    • Heneage Finch, 7th Earl of Aylesford (10 January 1871 – 13 January 1885)
    • Major Charles Wightwick Finch, 8th Earl of Aylesford (13 January 1885 – 16 September 1924)
  • Lord Aylesford
    • Major Charles Wightwick Finch, 8th Earl of Aylesford (7 June 1851 – 13 January 1885)

Demographics

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Residences

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Family

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  • Heneage Finch, 6th Earl of Aylesford (24 December 1824 – 10 January 1871)[1]
  • Jane Wightwick Knightley ( – 21 October 1911)[2]
    1. Lady Anne Francesca Wilhelmina Finch ( – 10 January 1933)
    2. Heneage Finch, 7th Earl of Aylesford (25 July 1872 – 13 August 1931)
    3. Major Charles Wightwick Finch, 8th Earl of Aylesford (7 June 1851 – 16 September 1924)


  • Edith Peers-Williams ( – 23 June 1897)[3]
  • Heneage Finch, 7th Earl of Aylesford (21 February 1849 – 13 January 1885)[4]
    1. Lady Hilda Joanna Gwendoline Finch (25 July 1872 – 13 August 1931)
    2. Lady Alexandra Louise Minna Finch (9 July 1875 – 18 July 1959)


  • Charles Wightwick Finch, 8th Earl of Aylesford (7 June 1851 – 16 September 1924)[5]
  • Hon. Georgiana Agnes Bagot (22 May 1852 – 14 April 1874)[6]
  • Ella (Marcella Araminta Victoria) Ross Linton ( – 1930)[7] (she had been married before, to James Henry Linton; they had had 3 children, all daughters)
    1. Lady Violet Ella Finch ( – 26 Feb 1960)
    2. Lady Muriel Gladwys Finch ( – 26 Apr 1940)
    3. Captain Heneage Greville Finch, Lord Guernsey (2 June 1883 – 14 September 1914)
    4. Charles Daniel Finch-Knightley, 10th Earl of Aylesford (23 August 1886 – 20 March 1958)
    5. Hon. Ronald William Edward Finch (28 September 1889 – 27 July 1948)


  • Ella (Marcella Araminta Victoria) Ross Linton ( – 1930)[7]
  • James Henry Linton ( – 1875)
    1. Mary Frances Linton (1870, d. 11 Mar 1948)
    2. Ella Louisa Linton (1872 – )
    3. Rose Mildred Linton (1874 – )


  • Lady Violet Ella Finch ( – 26 Feb 1960)[8]
  • Major Eustace Crawley (19 April 1868 – 2 November 1914)[9]


  • Lady Brinckman, daughter of Marcella Araminta Victoria Linton and her first husband Captain John Wingfield Linton
  • eldest son Lord Guernsey (1883–1914)
  • 9th Earl of Aylesford
  • total 3 sons and 2 daughters

Relations

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Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies

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Friends

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Organizations

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Timeline

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1871 January 8, Heneage Finch and Edith Peers-Williams married.[3]

1873 February 4, Charles Wightwick Finch and Hon. Georgiana Agnes Bagot married.[10]

1874 September 26 – 1876 May 11, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales toured India, Malta, Brindisi (Italy) and Greece, accompanied by Owen Williams (as equerry and aide-de-camp), Arthur Ellis, Dighton Probyn, Charles Beresford, Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield, Francis Knollys, William Howard Russell, Heneage Finch, 7th Earl of Aylesford, and Augustus FitzGeorge.[11]

1877 May 22, Heneage Finch and Edith Peers-Williams separated.[3]

1879 April 16, Charles Wightwick Finch and Marcella Araminta Victoria Ross Linton married.

1883 June 29, Guy Bertrand Finch baptized as the son of Heneage Finch, giving him the title Lord Guernsey.[12]

1885 July, Guy Bertrand Finch's claim to the title of Earl of Aylesford was denied by the House of Lords.

1898 April 12, Tuesday, Lady Hilda Finch and Captain Malcolm Donald Murray married.[13]

1904 December 14, Lady Violet Ella Finch and Eustace Crawley married.[8]

Questions and Notes

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  1. According to newspaper reports about Lady Hilda Finch, the daughters Hilda and Alexandra Finch of the 7th earl and Edith Peers-Williams Finch were brought up by the Dowager Countess Aylesford, which would be Jane Wightwick Knightley Finch, Countess Aylesford, who died in 1911.[13]
  2. The article on the Earl of Aylesford in Wikipedia and the record in The Peerage on Marcella Araminta Victoria Ross do not agree on her children with Captain John Wingfield Linton:

References

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  1. "Heneage Finch, 6th Earl of Aylesford." "Person Page – 2730." The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Aristocracy of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe http://thepeerage.com/p2730.htm#i27297 (accessed August 2020).
  2. "Jane Wightwick Knightley." "Person Page – 2730." The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Aristocracy of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe http://thepeerage.com/p2730.htm#i27298 (accessed August 2020).
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Edith Peers-Williams." The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Aristocracy of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe https://thepeerage.com/p2731.htm#i27301.
  4. "Heneage Finch, 7th Earl of Aylesford." "Person Page – 2730." The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Aristocracy of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe https://thepeerage.com/p2730.htm#i27300.
  5. "Major Charles Wightwick Finch, 8th Earl of Aylesford." "Person Page – 2731." The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Aristocracy of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe http://thepeerage.com/p2731.htm#i27302 (accessed August 2020).
  6. "Hon. Georgiana Agnes Bagot." "Person Page – 2731." The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Aristocracy of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe http://thepeerage.com/p2731.htm#i27303 (accessed August 2020).
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Marcella Araminta Victoria Ross." "Person Page – 2665." The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Aristocracy of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe http://thepeerage.com/p2665.htm#i26644 (accessed August 2020).
  8. 8.0 8.1 "Lady Violet Ella Finch." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  9. "Major Eustace Crawley." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  10. "Hon. Georgiana Agnes Bagot." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  11. "Owen Williams (British Army officer)". Wikipedia. 2021-05-21. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Owen_Williams_(British_Army_officer)&oldid=1024399380.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Williams_(British_Army_officer).
  12. "Guy Bertrand." "Person Page – 5658." The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Aristocracy of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe http://thepeerage.com/p5658.htm#i56577 (accessed August 2020).
  13. 13.0 13.1 "Marriage of Lady Hilda Finch." Leamington, Warwick & District Daily Circular 14 April 1898 Thursday: 2 [fo 4], Col. 4a–b [of 4]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002102/18980414/010/0002.
  • "Marcella Araminta Victoria Ross." "Person Page – 2665." The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Aristocracy of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe http://thepeerage.com/p2665.htm#i26644 (accessed August 2020).