Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Finch, Heneage
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
7th Earl of Aylesford
Lord Guernsey
Finch, Joseph Heneage
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1849-1895
History
Heneage Finch was a British aristocrat and friend of the Prince of Wales. Finch enjoyed many outdoor pursuits, and in his social circle was nicknamed 'Sporting Joe'. The Aylesford Scandal, a British Society scandal of 1876, as well as financial difficulties, led to Finch leaving the United Kingdom to become a cattle rancher in Big Spring, Texas