Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea and 3rd Earl of Nottingham (24 May 1689 – 2 August 1769), KG, PC, of Burley House near Oakham in Rutland and of Eastwell Park near Ashford in Kent, was a British peer and politician.In 1710 he was elected (as Lord Finch and aged 21), as a Member of Parliament for Rutland and served as Comptroller of the Royal Household from 1725 to 1730.In 1739 he supported the founding of the Foundling Hospital in London, a charity providing home and education for some of the capital's many abandoned children, and was one of the original governors.Later on, he allied himself with the Duke of Newcastle and the Old Whigs, and served as Lord President of the Council in the Rockingham (his nephew) administration (1765–1766).[1] He left his Kentish properties, including Eastwell Park, to his other nephew George Finch-Hatton, son of his brother Edward Finch.
The Right HonourableThomas WorlidgeLord President of the CouncilGeorge IIIThe Marquess of RockinghamThe Duke of BedfordThe Earl of NorthingtonEngland ParliamentRutlandRichard HalfordPhilip SherardThomas NoelEastwellEnglandDaniel Finch, 2nd Earl of NottinghamAnne HattonBurley HouseOakhamEastwell ParkAshfordcourtesy titleLord FinchChristopher Hatton, 1st Viscount HattonHanoverianBurley on the hill HouseComptroller of the Royal HouseholdHouse of LordsFoundling HospitalLondonabandoned childrenWalpoleLord CarteretPatriot OppositionFirst Lord of the AdmiraltyDuke of NewcastleRockinghamKnight of the GarterEnoch SeemanFrances FeildingBasil Feilding, 4th Earl of DenbighSir Thomas Palmer, 4th Baronet of WinghamRobert Marsham, 1st Baron RomneySir Robert Marsham, 4th BaronetSir George Osborn, 4th BaronetHon. Edward Finch10th Earl of WinchilseaGeorge Finch, 9th Earl of WinchilseaWilliam FinchGeorge Finch-HattonEdward FinchBritish MuseumParliament of Great BritainThe Earl of HarboroughMember of ParliamentJohn NoelThe Lord SherardMarquess of GranbySir Thomas Mackworth, BtPaul MethuenComptroller of the HouseholdSir Conyers DarcySir Charles WagerThe Earl TempleThe Lord AnsonThe Duke of NewcastleThe Duke of Queensberry and DoverPeerage of EnglandDaniel FinchEarl of WinchilseaGeorge FinchEarl of NottinghamFirst Lords of the AdmiraltyThe Earl of PortlandThe Earl of LindseyWilliam Juxon, Bishop of LincolnThe Earl of NorthumberlandThe Lord CottingtonSir Henry CapellThe Earl of NottinghamThe Earl of TorringtonThe Earl of PembrokeThe Lord CornwallisThe Viscount FalklandThe Earl of OrfordThe Earl of BridgewaterSir John LeakeThe Earl of StraffordThe Earl of BerkeleyThe Viscount TorringtonThe Earl of SandwichThe Earl of HalifaxGeorge GrenvilleThe Earl of EgmontSir Charles SaundersSir Edward HawkeThe Viscount KeppelThe Viscount HoweThe Earl of ChathamThe Earl SpencerThe Earl of St VincentThe Viscount MelvilleThe Lord BarhamViscount HowickThomas GrenvilleThe Lord MulgraveCharles Philip YorkeThe Duke of ClarenceSir James Graham, BtThe Lord AucklandThe Earl de GreyThe Earl of MintoThe Earl of HaddingtonThe Earl of EllenboroughThe Earl of AucklandSir Francis Baring, BtThe Duke of NorthumberlandSir Charles Wood, BtSir John Pakington, BtThe Duke of SomersetHenry Lowry-CorryHugh ChildersGeorge GoschenGeorge Ward HuntWilliam Henry SmithThe Earl of NorthbrookLord George Hamilton