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37: 177: 123:. He voted with the government, but was sent on another mission as minister to the Netherlands from 1733 to 1734. He had been admonished by Carteret previously for lack of diligence, and it was considered that his indolent ministry had put the Netherlands into the hands of France. Walpole sent his brother Horace to The Hague as ambassador on a special mission, and Finch took umbrage and asked to be recalled. He was returned unopposed at the 78: 146:. He survived in post after Carteret was dismissed in 1744 and again after Carteret tried unsuccessfully to form an administration in 1746, when there was a bid to purge public offices of his adherents. He remained in post until 1765. He was returned as MP for Cockermouth at the 219:
Finch's wife was a governess to the royal children. In his madness, Finch, had beaten her and thrown her down stairs, and as a result they were separated by articles. However they still remained on civil terms.
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from 1727 to 1761. He was considered an indolent diplomat and became an opponent of Walpole, but maintained his post in the Royal Household for over 20 years until he began to lose his senses.
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on the Lyttelton interest at a by-election on 5 February 1755. He did not stand again. He began to lose his sanity and in 1765 he was pensioned off from his post at the Royal Household.
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from 1719 to 1720, Finch accompanied him as his secretary. Carteret returned to Britain and secured Finch's appointment as envoy there in his place until 1724. Finch was then appointed
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on 9 August 1746, Horace Walpole described him as Attractive "comely black widower". They had a son and four daughters:
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obtained posts in the Royal Household by their connection to Lord Carteret. He was appointed
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and went into opposition against Walpole. He was returned for Cockermouth again at the
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he was encouraged to take a seat elsewhere and was not returned.
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on 25 January 1733. She died without issue on 26 October 1741.
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Ruvigny et Raineval, Melville Henry Massue, marquis de (2001).
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Finch died on 25 December 1766. He was succeeded by his son
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After the fall of Walpole in 1742, he and his brother
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Index

PC
House of Commons

Allan Ramsay
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham
Anne Hatton
Christ Church, Oxford
Inner Temple

Lord Carteret
Sweden
ambassador
envoy to United Provinces
1727
Member of Parliament
Cockermouth
Duke of Somerset
1734 British general election
1741 British general election
Hon. Edward Finch
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
Privy Council
1747 British general election
1754 British general election
Bewdley
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry

Lady Charlotte Fermor
Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret
Charles Fielding

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