Guy Finch-Hatton, 14th Earl of Winchilsea

The Earl of Winchilsea
Born	Guy Montagu George Finch-Hatton May 28, 1885
Died	February 10, 1939 (aged 53) London, England
Predecessor	Henry Finch-Hatton
Successor	Christopher Finch-Hatton
Spouse(s)	Margaretta Armstrong Drexel
Parents	Henry Finch-Hatton Anne Jane Codrington

Guy Montagu George Finch-Hatton, 14th Earl of Winchilsea and 9th Earl of Nottingham (28 May 1885 – 10 February 1939). Finch-Hatton was brother to renowned big-game hunter Denys Finch Hatton and his daughter married Whitney Straight, of the American Whitney family.

Early life

Guy Montagu George Finch-Hatton was born on May 28, 1885. He was the son of Henry Finch-Hatton (1852–1927) and Anne Jane Codrington,^[1] (died 20 June 1924), daughter of Admiral Sir Henry Codrington and Helen Jane Smith. Together, his parents had: (1) Gladys Margaret Finch-Hatton (1882-1964),^[2] (2) Guy Montagu George Finch-Hatton (1885-1939); and (3) Denys Finch Hatton (1887–1931), big-game hunter

Finch-Hatton's father, the 13th Earl of Winchilsea was the second son of George Finch-Hatton (1791–1858), the 10th Earl of Winchilsea, and his third wife Frances Margaretta Rice (1820–1909). His maternal grandparents were Edward Royd Rice (1790–1878), British MP for Dover (1847–1857), and Elizabeth Knight (1800–1884).

In 1927, Finch-Hatton acceded to the title upon the death of his father, Henry Finch-Hatton, the 13th Earl of Winchilsea.

Personal life

On 8 June 1910, he married Margaretta Armstrong Drexel (1885-1952), the daughter of Margarita Armstrong (1867-1948),^[3] and Anthony Joseph Drexel Jr. (1864-1934), and the granddaughter of Anthony Joseph Drexel (1826-1893), a member of the wealthy Philadelphia banking dynasty. Margaretta's parents divorced in 1917, and in 1918 Margarita married Brinsley FitzGerald (1859-1931), the son of Peter FitzGerald, 1st Baronet of Valencia (1808-1880). Finch-Hatton and his wife had three children:

1. Christopher Finch-Hatton, 15th Earl of Winchilsea (1911–1950), who married Countess Gladys Széchényi Sárvár-Felsövidék, daughter of Count László Széchényi Sárvár-Felsövidék (1879-1938), of the Széchényi family, and Gladys Vanderbilt (1886-1965),^[4] a member of the Vanderbilt family
2. Lady Daphne Margarita Finch-Hatton (1913-2003), who married Whitney Straight (1912–1979),^[5] a member of the Whitney family^[6]
3. Lady Henrietta Diana Juanita Finch-Hatton (1917-1977),^[2] who married Peter Frank Tiarks (1910-1975)^[7]

Finch-Hatton died in London in 1939 at the age of 53.^[2]

See also

• Christopher Finch-Hatton, 15th Earl of Winchilsea
• Christopher Finch-Hatton, 16th Earl of Winchilsea
• Daniel Finch-Hatton, 17th Earl of Winchilsea
• Whitney Straight

References

1. "Henry Stormont Finch Hatton". Marriage licence. Ancestry.com. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
2. Lundy, Darryl. "Henry Stormont Finch-Hatton, 13th Earl of Winchilsea". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
3. "MRS. BRINSLEY FITZGERALD". The New York Times. February 13, 1948. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
4. "Gladys Szechenyi Becomes Bride Of Viscount Maidstone in London: Nobility and Ambassadors of Many Countries Attend Brilliant Church Ceremony — Both Are Members of Prominent European and American Families.". The New York Times. July 12, 1935. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
5. "Whitney Straight to Wed in England". The New York Times. April 11, 1935. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
6. "Deaths STRAIGHT, LADY DAPHNE MARGARITA". The New York Times. June 5, 2003. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
7. Staff. "The Tiarks family of Chislehurst". kemnal-road.org.uk. Kemnal Road, Chislehurst, Kent. Retrieved 24 March 2016.