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style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1680</span></i></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1675–1682</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Ashley-Cooper,_1st_Earl_of_Shaftesbury" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury">The Earl of Shaftesbury</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Francis_North,_1st_Baron_Guilford" title="Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford">Sir Francis North</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Keeper</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1673–1675</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Ashley-Cooper,_1st_Earl_of_Shaftesbury" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury">The Earl of Shaftesbury</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Francis_North,_1st_Baron_Guilford" title="Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford">Sir Francis North</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Attorney General for England and Wales">Attorney General</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1670–1673</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Geoffrey_Palmer,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Geoffrey Palmer, 1st Baronet">Sir Geoffrey Palmer, Bt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Francis_North,_1st_Baron_Guilford" title="Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford">Sir Francis North</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Solicitor General for England and Wales">Solicitor General</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1660–1670</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Ellis_(Solicitor_General)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Ellis (Solicitor General)">William Ellis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Turnour_(Speaker)" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Turnour (Speaker)">Sir Edward Turnour</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Oxford University (UK Parliament constituency)">Oxford University</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1661–1674<div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.1em">Serving with <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Hyde,_1st_Earl_of_Rochester" title="Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester">Laurence Hyde</a></div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Clayton_(MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Clayton (MP)">Thomas Clayton</a><br /><a href="/wiki/John_Mylles" title="John Mylles">John Mylles</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Hyde,_1st_Earl_of_Rochester" title="Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester">Laurence Hyde</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Thynne,_1st_Viscount_Weymouth" title="Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth">Thomas Thynne</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Canterbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Canterbury</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1660–1660<div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.1em">Serving with <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Aucher" title="Anthony Aucher">Sir Anthony Aucher</a></div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Master" title="Edward Master">Sir Edward Master</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/John_Nutt_(MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Nutt (MP)">John Nutt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Lovelace_(MP)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Francis Lovelace (MP) (page does not exist)">Francis Lovelace</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Edward_Master" title="Edward Master">Sir Edward Master</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Heneage Finch</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1620-12-23</span>)</span>23 December 1620<br /><a href="/wiki/Eastwell,_Kent" title="Eastwell, Kent">Eastwell, Kent</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">18 December 1682<span style="display:none">(1682-12-18)</span> (aged 61)<br />Great Queen Street, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Elizabeth Harvey<br /></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(after <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="30 July 1646">1646</span>)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Heneage_Finch" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Heneage Finch">Sir Heneage Finch</a><br />Frances Bell Finch</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Westminster_School" title="Westminster School">Westminster School</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Oxford" title="Christ Church, Oxford">Christ Church, Oxford</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham</b>, <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_England" title="Privy Council of England">PC</a> (23 December 1620 – 18 December 1682), <a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a> of <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, was descended from the old family of <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Winchilsea" title="Earl of Winchilsea">Finch</a>, many of whose members had attained high legal eminence, and was the eldest son of <a href="/wiki/Sir_Heneage_Finch" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Heneage Finch">Sir Heneage Finch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Recorder_of_London" title="Recorder of London">Recorder of London</a>, by his first wife Frances Bell, daughter of <a href="/wiki/Edmond_Bell" title="Edmond Bell">Sir Edmond Bell</a> of <a href="/wiki/Beaupre_Hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Beaupre Hall">Beaupre Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norfolk" title="Norfolk">Norfolk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911824_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911824-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career">Early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heneage_Finch,_1st_Earl_of_Nottingham&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the register of <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">Oxford University</a>, he is entered as born in <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>, and probably at the Finch ancestral seat <a href="/wiki/Eastwell_Park" title="Eastwell Park">Eastwell Park</a> in that county. He was the son of <a href="/wiki/Heneage_Finch_(speaker)" title="Heneage Finch (speaker)">Sir Heneage Finch</a>, younger son of <a href="/wiki/Sir_Moyle_Finch,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet">Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Finch,_1st_Countess_of_Winchilsea" title="Elizabeth Finch, 1st Countess of Winchilsea">Elizabeth Finch, 1st Countess of Winchilsea</a> (<i>née</i> Heneage). </p><p>He was educated at <a href="/wiki/Westminster_School" title="Westminster School">Westminster</a> and at <a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Oxford" title="Christ Church, Oxford">Christ Church, Oxford</a>, where he remained until he became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Inner_Temple" title="Inner Temple">Inner Temple</a> in 1638. He was called to the bar in 1645, and soon obtained a lucrative practice.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911824_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911824-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heneage_Finch,_1st_Earl_of_Nottingham&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 1660, he was elected <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Canterbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Canterbury</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mitchell (UK Parliament constituency)">Mitchell</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Convention_Parliament_(1660)" title="Convention Parliament (1660)">Convention Parliament</a> and chose to sit for Canterbury.<sup id="cite_ref-HOP_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly afterwards he was appointed <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Solicitor General for England and Wales">Solicitor General</a>, in which capacity he served as the prosecutor of the <a href="/wiki/Regicides_of_Charles_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Regicides of Charles I">regicides of Charles I</a>, and was created a <a href="/wiki/Baronet" title="Baronet">baronet</a> the day after he was <a href="/wiki/Knight" title="Knight">knighted</a>. In May 1661 he was elected MP for <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Oxford University (UK Parliament constituency)">Oxford University</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Cavalier_Parliament" title="Cavalier Parliament">Cavalier Parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HOP_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1665 the university created him a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Civil_Law" title="Doctor of Civil Law">D.C.L.</a> In 1670 he became <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Attorney General for England and Wales">Attorney General</a>, and in 1675 Lord Chancellor. He was created <b>Baron Finch</b> in January 1673 and <b>Earl of Nottingham</b> in May 1681.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911824–825_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911824–825-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Popish_Plot">Popish Plot</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heneage_Finch,_1st_Earl_of_Nottingham&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Popish Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Popish_Plot" title="Popish Plot">Popish Plot</a>, he played an active part in the interrogation of witnesses and preparation of the Crown's evidence. He is said to have been sceptical about the credibility of much of the evidence, and drew up a private report referring to the difficulties with <a href="/wiki/Titus_Oates" title="Titus Oates">Titus Oates</a>' testimony.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In general he behaved with moderation and restraint during the Plot, as shown most notably in his impartial conduct, as <a href="/wiki/Lord_High_Steward" title="Lord High Steward">Lord High Steward</a>, of the trial of <a href="/wiki/William_Howard,_1st_Viscount_Stafford" title="William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford">William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford</a>, (apart from a curious remark that it was now clear that the <a href="/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London" title="Great Fire of London">Great Fire of London</a> was a Catholic conspiracy).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kenyon notes that during the examination of the informer <a href="/wiki/Miles_Prance" title="Miles Prance">Miles Prance</a>, Finch threatened him with the <a href="/wiki/Rack_(torture)" title="Rack (torture)">rack</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but such a lapse was most uncharacteristic of Finch, who was a humane and civilised man; in any case, the threat could hardly have been serious since the use of the rack had been declared illegal in 1628. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Finch_and_Nottingham_House,_now_Kensington_Palace"><span id="Finch_and_Nottingham_House.2C_now_Kensington_Palace"></span>Finch and Nottingham House, now Kensington Palace</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heneage_Finch,_1st_Earl_of_Nottingham&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Finch and Nottingham House, now Kensington Palace"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original early 17th-century building was constructed in the village of <a href="/wiki/Kensington" title="Kensington">Kensington</a> as <a href="/wiki/Kensington_Palace" title="Kensington Palace">Nottingham House</a> for the Earl of Nottingham. It was acquired from his heir, who was <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_(England)" title="Secretary of State (England)">Secretary of State</a> to <a href="/wiki/William_III_of_England" title="William III of England">William III</a>, in 1689, because the King wanted a residence near London but away from the smoky air of the capital, because he was asthmatic. At that time Kensington was a suburban village location outside London, but more accessible than <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Hampton Court">Hampton Court</a>, a water journey on the <a href="/wiki/Thames" class="mw-redirect" title="Thames">Thames</a>. A private road was laid out from the Palace to <a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park_Corner" title="Hyde Park Corner">Hyde Park Corner</a>, broad enough for several carriages to travel abreast, part of which survives today as <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Row" title="Rotten Row">Rotten Row</a>. The Palace was improved and extended by Sir <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Wren" title="Christopher Wren">Christopher Wren</a> with pavilions attached to each corner of the central block, for it now needed paired Royal Apartments approached by the Great Stairs, a council chamber, and the Chapel Royal. Then, when Wren re-oriented the house to face west, he built north and south wings to flank the approach, made into a proper cour d'honneur that was entered through an archway surmounted by a clock tower. Nevertheless, as a private domestic retreat, it was referred to as Kensington House, rather than "Palace". The walled kitchen gardens at Kensington House supplied fruits and vegetables for the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_St._James%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Court of St. James's">Court of St. James's</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heneage_Finch,_1st_Earl_of_Nottingham&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 30 July 1646, he was married to Elizabeth Harvey, daughter of <a href="/wiki/William_Harvey" title="William Harvey">William Harvey</a>'s younger brother Daniel, and his wife Elizabeth Kinnersley.<sup id="cite_ref-Power1898_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Power1898-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Together, Elizabeth and Heneage were the parents of six children, including:<sup id="cite_ref-EarlNottingham_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EarlNottingham-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Finch,_2nd_Earl_of_Nottingham" title="Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham">Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham</a> (1647–1730), who married <a href="/wiki/Essex_Finch,_Countess_of_Nottingham" title="Essex Finch, Countess of Nottingham">Lady Essex Rich</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EarlWinchilsea_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EarlWinchilsea-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Margaret Finch (1648–1700), who married Denis MacCarthy of the <a href="/wiki/MacCarthy_Reagh" title="MacCarthy Reagh">MacCarthy Reagh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Power1898_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Power1898-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heneage_Finch,_1st_Earl_of_Aylesford" title="Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford">Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1649</span>–1719), who had a distinguished career as a lawyer and politician and was <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Solicitor General for England and Wales">Solicitor General</a> 1679–86.<sup id="cite_ref-EarlAylesford_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EarlAylesford-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Elizabeth Finch (1650–1675), who married <a href="/wiki/Sir_Samuel_Grimston,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Samuel Grimston, 3rd Baronet">Sir Samuel Grimston, 3rd Baronet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Power1898_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Power1898-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>William Finch<sup id="cite_ref-Power1898_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Power1898-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Charles Finch<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Lord Nottingham died in Great Queen Street, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> on 18 December 1682. He was buried in the church of <a href="/wiki/Ravenstone,_Milton_Keynes" class="mw-redirect" title="Ravenstone, Milton Keynes">Ravenstone</a> in Buckinghamshire. His son <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Finch,_2nd_Earl_of_Nottingham" title="Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham">Daniel</a> inherited his earldom, and would later also inherit the <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Winchilsea" title="Earl of Winchilsea">Earldom of Winchilsea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EarlWinchilsea_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EarlWinchilsea-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Character">Character</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heneage_Finch,_1st_Earl_of_Nottingham&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Character"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition"><i>Encyclopædia Britannica</i> Eleventh Edition</a>, his contemporaries on both sides of politics agree in their high estimate of his integrity, moderation and eloquence, while his abilities as a lawyer are sufficiently attested by the fact that he is still spoken of as the father of <a href="/wiki/Equity_(law)" title="Equity (law)">equity</a>. His most important contribution to the statute book is <i>The Statute of Frauds</i>. While attorney-general he superintended the edition of <i>Sir Henry Hobart's Reports</i> (1671). He also published <i>Several Speeches and Discourses in the Tryal of the Judges of King Charles 1.</i> (1660); <i>Speeches to both Houses of Parliament</i> (1679); <i>Speech at the Sentence of <a href="/wiki/William_Howard,_1st_Viscount_Stafford" title="William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford">Viscount Stafford</a></i> (1680). He left <i>Chancery Reports</i> in MS., and notes on <i>Coke's Institutes</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911825_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911825-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FinchArms.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Arms of Finch: Argent, a chevron between three griffins passant sable"><img alt="Arms of Finch: Argent, a chevron between three griffins passant sable" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/FinchArms.svg/104px-FinchArms.svg.png" decoding="async" width="104" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/FinchArms.svg/156px-FinchArms.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/FinchArms.svg/208px-FinchArms.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="591" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Arms of Finch: <i>Argent, a chevron between three griffins passant sable</i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mrs_Grimston,_n%C3%A9e_Finch,_afterwards_Lady_Elizabeth_Grimston_(1650-1675),_by_Peter_Lely.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="His daughter Elizabeth (Peter Lely)"><img alt="His daughter Elizabeth (Peter Lely)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Mrs_Grimston%2C_n%C3%A9e_Finch%2C_afterwards_Lady_Elizabeth_Grimston_%281650-1675%29%2C_by_Peter_Lely.jpg/98px-Mrs_Grimston%2C_n%C3%A9e_Finch%2C_afterwards_Lady_Elizabeth_Grimston_%281650-1675%29%2C_by_Peter_Lely.jpg" decoding="async" width="98" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Mrs_Grimston%2C_n%C3%A9e_Finch%2C_afterwards_Lady_Elizabeth_Grimston_%281650-1675%29%2C_by_Peter_Lely.jpg/147px-Mrs_Grimston%2C_n%C3%A9e_Finch%2C_afterwards_Lady_Elizabeth_Grimston_%281650-1675%29%2C_by_Peter_Lely.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Mrs_Grimston%2C_n%C3%A9e_Finch%2C_afterwards_Lady_Elizabeth_Grimston_%281650-1675%29%2C_by_Peter_Lely.jpg/197px-Mrs_Grimston%2C_n%C3%A9e_Finch%2C_afterwards_Lady_Elizabeth_Grimston_%281650-1675%29%2C_by_Peter_Lely.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2623" data-file-height="3200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">His daughter Elizabeth (<a href="/wiki/Peter_Lely" title="Peter Lely">Peter Lely</a>)</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heneage_Finch,_1st_Earl_of_Nottingham&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911824-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911824_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911824_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChisholm1911">Chisholm 1911</a>, p. 824.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HOP-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HOP_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HOP_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/finch-heneage-1621-82">History of Parliament Online - 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(1911). "<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Nottingham,_Earls_of" class="extiw" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Nottingham, Earls of">Nottingham, Earls of <i>s.v.</i> Heneage Finch</a>". <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). 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Guilford">Sir Francis North</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="2">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Ashley-Cooper,_1st_Earl_of_Shaftesbury" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury">The Earl of Shaftesbury</a><br /><b>(Lord Chancellor)</b></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Keeper</a> </b><br />1673–1675 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Francis_North,_1st_Baron_Guilford" title="Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford">Sir Francis North</a><br /><b>(Lord Keeper)</b></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord 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title="Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham">Daniel Finch</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Baron_Finch_of_Daventry" class="mw-redirect" title="Baron Finch of Daventry">Baron Finch of Daventry</a> </b><br />1673–1682 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ACE777;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_extant_baronetcies" title="List of extant baronetcies">Baronetage of England</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New title</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Finch_Baronets" class="mw-redirect" title="Finch Baronets">Baronet</a> </b><br /><i>(of Raunston, Buckinghamshire)</i><br />1660–1682 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Finch,_2nd_Earl_of_Nottingham" title="Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham">Daniel Finch</a></div> </td></tr> 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