George Finch-Hatton, 11th Earl of Winchilsea
| The Earl of Winchilsea | |
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Caricatured of the Earl by Leslie Ward in Vanity Fair, October 1880
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| Born | George James Finch-Hatton 31 May 1815 |
| Died | 9 June 1887 (aged 72) |
| Other titles |
Earl of Nottingham Viscount Maidstone Baron Finch of Daventry |
| Predecessor | George Finch-Hatton |
| Successor | Murray Finch-Hatton |
| Spouse(s) |
Lady Constance Paget (m. 1846; her death 1878) Lady Elizabeth Conyngham (m. 1882; his death 1887) |
| Issue | 4 |
| Parents |
George Finch-Hatton Lady Georgiana Graham |
George James Finch-Hatton, 11th Earl of Winchilsea and 6th Earl of Nottingham (31 May 1815 – 9 June 1887), styled Viscount Maidstone between 1826 and 1857, was a British peer and Tory politician.
Winchilsea in May 1815 and was the son of George Finch-Hatton, 10th Earl of Winchilsea and 5th Earl of Nottingham (1791–1858) and his first wife Lady Georgiana Charlotte (d. 1835), daughter of James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose (1755–1836).
Winchilsea was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Northamptonshire North in 1837, a seat he held until 1841. In 1858 he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords.
In the mid-1860s, Lord Winchilsea experienced serious financial difficulties, which eventually forced him to leave his property at Eastwell Park in Kent. On 4 December 1868, trustees appointed under the Winchilsea Estate Act (1865) entered into a contract to let Eastwell Park, together with its furnishings and effects, to the Duke of Abercorn for a period of five years. Lord Winchilsea had been obliged to vacate the property some time prior to December 1868, and he was formally adjudged bankrupt on 5 October 1870. Eastwell was next occupied by Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, the second son of Queen Victoria.
Lord Winchilsea was married twice. In 1846, he married Lady Constance Henrietta (c. 1831–1878), daughter of Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey. They had one son and three daughters.
After her death in March 1878, he married Lady Elizabeth Georgiana (d. 1904), daughter of Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham, in 1882. There were no children from this marriage.
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