George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea

• Major, 87th Regiment of Foot 1779 and
• Lt Col 1780;
• a Lord of the Bedchamber (Tory) 1777-1812;
• Lord Lieutenant of Rutland 1779-1826;
• Member of the Board of Agriculture 1793;
• Privy Councillor 1804;
• Groom of the Stole 1804-12;
• Knight of the Garter 1805;

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Upon the Earl of Winchilsea's death, the house at Burley-on-the-Hill and the estates in Rutland, Buckinghamshire and Essex passed to his illegitimate son, George Finch - son of Mrs. Phoebe Thompson. They also had a daughter Georgiana Augustus Finch who married John Drummond.

The Earl of Winchilsea's mother refused to let him marry Phoebe as she thought he could do better, however he often took Georgiana and George, who lived with their mother in London, to his home in Burley on the Hill.