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Nottingham (HENEAGE FINCH ST EARL)

HENEAGE FINCH, 1ST EARL OF, an English statesman; born in Eastwell, England, Dec. 23, was an ardent royalist, was called to the bar in 1645, and at the Restoration was appointed eral, in which capacity he signalized his ated solicitor-genzeal in the prosecution of the regicides.

In 1661 he was elected member for the University of Oxford and obtained a baronetcy, and six years afterward took a prominent part in the impeachment of the Earl of Clarendon. In 1670 he became attorney-general, and in 1675 he obtained the chancellorship. In 1681 his services were rewarded with the earldom of Nottingham. He died Dec. 18, 1682.