Biography of George Finch-Hatton 5th Earl Nottingham 10th Earl Winchilsea 1791-1858

On 10th December 1785 [his father] George Finch-Hatton [aged 38] and [his mother] Elizabeth Murray [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield [aged 58] and [his grandmother] Henrietta Frederica von Bünau.

On 19th May 1791 George Finch-Hatton 5th Earl Nottingham 10th Earl Winchilsea was born to [his father] George Finch-Hatton [aged 43] and [his mother] Elizabeth Murray [aged 31] at Kirby Hall, Gretton.

On 26th July 1814 George Finch-Hatton 5th Earl Nottingham 10th Earl Winchilsea [aged 23] and Georgiana Charlotte Graham Countess Nottingham Winchelsea [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of James Graham 3rd Duke Montrose [aged 58] and Caroline Maria Montagu Duchess Montrose. They were sixth cousins.

On 31st May 1815 [his son] George Finch-Hatton 6th Earl Nottingham 11th Earl Winchilsea was born to George Finch-Hatton 5th Earl Nottingham 10th Earl Winchilsea [aged 24] and [his wife] Georgiana Charlotte Graham Countess Nottingham Winchelsea [aged 21]. He married (1) 6th August 1846 Constance Henrietta Paget Countess Nottingham Winchilsea, daughter of Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey and Eleanora Campbell, and had issue (2) 1882 Elizabeth Georgiana Conyngham Countess Winchelsea, daughter of Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham and Jane Paget Marchioness Conyngham.

Around 1817 [his daughter] Caroline Finch-Hatton was born to George Finch-Hatton 5th Earl Nottingham 10th Earl Winchilsea [aged 25] and [his wife] Georgiana Charlotte Graham Countess Nottingham Winchelsea [aged 23]. She married 2nd February 1837 Christopher Turnor and had issue.

On 9th February 1818 Edward Herbert 2nd Earl Powis [aged 32] and [his sister-in-law] Lucy Graham Countess Powis [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] James Graham 3rd Duke Montrose [aged 62] and [his mother-in-law] Caroline Maria Montagu Duchess Montrose. He the son of Edward Clive 1st Earl Powis [aged 63] and Henrietta Antonia Herbert 3rd Countess Powis [aged 59].

On 17th February 1823 [his father] George Finch-Hatton [aged 75] died.

On 1st June 1825 [his mother] Elizabeth Murray [aged 65] died.

On 2nd August 1826 George Finch 9th Earl Winchilsea 4th Earl Nottingham [aged 73] died unmarried without legitimate issue. His first cousin once removed George [aged 35] succeeded 5th Earl Nottingham, 10th Earl Winchilsea, 10th Viscount Maidstone, 5th Baron Finch Daventry, 11th Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent. [his wife] Georgiana Charlotte Graham Countess Nottingham Winchelsea [aged 32] by marriage Countess Nottingham, Countess Winchilsea. His illegitimate son George Finch [aged 31] inherited his manors at Burley-on-the-Hill House and Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire.

Life of Henry Pelham. Six weeks later [21st March 1829] Lord Winchelsea [aged 37] again called on the Duke of Newcastle [aged 44] on precisely the same errand. The latter, however, was away at Clumber, and was not available, which was a great relief to him, for he would have felt bound not to refuse, and Lord Falmouth [aged 41] acted as second instead of him. There was no mistake this time. The duel took place on Wimbledon Common. Lord Winchelsea, after receiving the Duke of Wellington's [aged 59] fire, fired his own pistol in the air, and then tendered an apology. The Duke of Newcastle writes in his journal:

'Lord Falmouth gave me an account of the duel. He says the Duke of Wellington behaved in a very churlish, overbearing manner, and when the affair was over did not shake hands, and departed sulkily. One is almost tempted to wish that a life so dangerous had been taken away, but one must not indulge in such unchristian feelings .... The Duke of Wellington's time may not yet be come, but it may, and that shortly, for assuredly he is a villain and a [word illegible].'

On 13th February 1835 [his wife] Georgiana Charlotte Graham Countess Nottingham Winchelsea [aged 41] died at Haverholme Priory, Lincolnshire [Map].

On 2nd February 1837 [his son-in-law] Christopher Turnor [aged 27] and Caroline Finch-Hatton [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of George Finch-Hatton 5th Earl Nottingham 10th Earl Winchilsea [aged 45] and Georgiana Charlotte Graham Countess Nottingham Winchelsea.

On 15th February 1837 George Finch-Hatton 5th Earl Nottingham 10th Earl Winchilsea [aged 45] and Emily Georgiana Bagot Countess Winchilsea Nottingham were married. She by marriage Countess Nottingham, Countess Winchilsea. They were third cousin twice removed.

Adeline Horsey Recollections. We usually spent Christmas at Beaudesert, Lord Anglesey's [aged 75] lovely old place. We were always a merry party, and we dined in the large hall, which is one of the chief features of the house. Lord Anglesey was very fond of me, and used to write to me as "My dear Prima Donna!" Some of the friends staying at Beaudesert were Lord [aged 38] and Lady Sydney [aged 33], Lord [aged 52] and [his wife] Lady Winchilsea, Lord [aged 25] and Lady Desart [aged 22], Lord Anson [aged 48], Lord Ward, M. and Madame Dietrichstein, and the Duke of Northumberland [aged 51], then Lord Percy. In 1846 I was bridesmaid to [his future daughter-in-law] Lady Constance Paget [aged 20], who married [his son] Lord Winchilsea [aged 28]; and my great friend, Florence Paget [aged 1], afterwards married the last Marquis of Hastings [aged 1].

On 6th August 1846 George Finch-Hatton 6th Earl Nottingham 11th Earl Winchilsea [aged 31] and Constance Henrietta Paget Countess Nottingham Winchilsea [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey [aged 49] and Eleanora Campbell. He the son of George Finch-Hatton 5th Earl Nottingham 10th Earl Winchilsea [aged 55] and Georgiana Charlotte Graham Countess Nottingham Winchelsea.

On 10th July 1848 [his wife] Emily Georgiana Bagot Countess Winchilsea Nottingham died at Haverholme Priory, Lincolnshire [Map].

On 17th October 1849 George Finch-Hatton 5th Earl Nottingham 10th Earl Winchilsea [aged 58] and Fanny Margaretta Rice Countess Nottingham Winchilsea were married. She by marriage Countess Nottingham, Countess Winchilsea.

On 28th March 1851 [his son] Murray Finch-Hatton 7th Earl Nottingham 12th Earl Winchilsea was born to George Finch-Hatton 5th Earl Nottingham 10th Earl Winchilsea [aged 59] and [his wife] Fanny Margaretta Rice Countess Nottingham Winchilsea. He married 27th October 1865 Edith Harcourt Countess Winchelsea and Nottingham and had issue.

On 3rd November 1852 [his son] Henry Finch-Hatton 8th Earl Nottingham 13th Earl Winchilsea was born to George Finch-Hatton 5th Earl Nottingham 10th Earl Winchilsea [aged 61] and [his wife] Fanny Margaretta Rice Countess Nottingham Winchilsea.

In 1856 [his son] Harold Finch-Hatton was born to George Finch-Hatton 5th Earl Nottingham 10th Earl Winchilsea [aged 64] and [his wife] Fanny Margaretta Rice Countess Nottingham Winchilsea.

On 8th January 1858 George Finch-Hatton 5th Earl Nottingham 10th Earl Winchilsea [aged 66] died at Haverholme Priory, Lincolnshire [Map]. His son George [aged 42] succeeded 6th Earl Nottingham, 11th Earl Winchilsea, 11th Viscount Maidstone, 6th Baron Finch Daventry, 12th Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent. Constance Henrietta Paget Countess Nottingham Winchilsea [aged 34] by marriage Countess Nottingham.

[his daughter] Evelyn Georgiana Finch-Hatton was born to George Finch-Hatton 5th Earl Nottingham 10th Earl Winchilsea and Fanny Margaretta Rice Countess Nottingham Winchilsea.