George Finch-Hatton

George Finch-Hatton FRS (30 June 1747 – 17 February 1823) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1772 to 1784. Early life Finch-Hatton was born on 30 June 1747 and the son of Hon. Edward Finch-Hatton, youngest son of Daniel Finch, 7th Earl of Winchilsea and 2nd Earl of Nottingham, and his wife Anne Palmer, daughter of Sir Thomas Palmer, 4th Baronet, of Wingham. He was educated at Westminster School and at Christ's College, Cambridge, being awarded a Master of Arts degree in 1768. He assumed the additional surname of Hatton (his paternal grandmother's name) together with his father in 1764. He succeeded his Uncle Daniel, 8th Earl of Winchilsea to Eastwell Park and various Kentish properties in 1769 and his father to Kirby Hall, near Gretton in Northamptonshire in 1771. He also inherited 44 Berkeley Square (now Clermont Club), his aunt Lady Isabella Finch's incredible London home with sweeping staircase which somehow went to his father Edward, which in turned went to him since his father only survive his younger sister by a few months. In 1774, the 27 year old George sold the famous house to Lord Clermont, the acquaintance of her late aunt and her aunt's friend Princess Amelia, therefore the house was again visited by Princess Amelia.