Murray Finch-Hatton, 12th Earl of Winchilsea
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Murray Edward Gordon Finch-Hatton, 12th Earl of Winchilsea and 7th Earl of Nottingham (28 March 1851–7 September 1898), styled the Hon. Murray Finch-Hatton until 1887, was a British Conservative politician and agriculturalist.
Winchilsea and Nottingham was the eldest son of George Finch-Hatton, 10th Earl of Winchilsea and 5th Earl of Nottingham, famous for his 1829 duel with the Duke of Wellington, by his third wife Fanny Margaretta, daughter of Edward Royd Rice. He entered Parliament for Lincolnshire South in a 1884 by-election, a seat he held until the following year, when the constituency was abolished. He then represented Spalding from 1885 to 1887, when he succeeded his half-brother in the two earldoms and entered the House of Lords. He was also involved in agricultural questions.
Lord Winchilsea and Nottingham married Edith, daughter of Edward William Harcourt, in 1875. Their only son George Edward Henry Finch-Hatton, Viscount Maidstone, died in March 1892 at the age of nine. Winchilsea and Nottingham died in September 1898, aged 47. He was succeeded in his titles by his younger brother, the Hon. Henry Finch-Hatton. The Countess of Winchilsea and Nottingham died in January 1944. Their only surviving child Lady Muriel Finch-Hatton (1876-1938) married Sir Richard Arthur Surtees Paget, 2nd Bt (1869-1955) and left issue.
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- www.thepeerage.com
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Sir William Welby-Gregory John Compton Lawrance |
Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire South with John Compton Lawrance 1884–1885 |
Succeeded by Constituency abolished |
| Preceded by New constituency |
Member of Parliament for Spalding 1885–1887 |
Succeeded by Halley Stewart |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by George James Finch-Hatton |
Earl of Winchilsea 1887–1898 |
Succeeded by Henry Stormont Finch-Hatton |
| Earl of Nottingham 1887–1898 |
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