George Finch (politician, born 1835)

George Henry Finch PC (20 February 1835 – 22 May 1907) was an English Conservative politician who represented Rutland in the House of Commons for nearly 40 years, becoming Father of the House of Commons in 1906.

Finch in 1895
Burley House, Rutland

Finch was the son of George Finch, of Burley-on-the-Hill near Oakham and Belton.[1] On the death of his father in 1870 he became an extensive landowner, inheriting Burley House, near Oakham, Rutland.

Finch was elected as the Member of Parliament for Rutland on 23 November 1867. He held the seat until his death in 1907.[2]

He married twice; firstly, in 1861, Emily Eglantyne Balfour, who died in 1865 after giving him a son and 2 daughters and secondly, Edith Montgomery, with whom he had a further 7 children.[3] Burley House passed to his son Alan George Finch.

References
  1. Parishes: Belton, A History of the County of Rutland: Volume 2 (1935), pp. 27–32. Retrieved 1 December 2008
  2. "Leigh Rayment". Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. "Burley-on-the-Hill". Rutland History. Retrieved 28 January 2018.


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