- Christopher Finch-Hatton, 15th Earl of Winchilsea
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Christopher Guy Heneage Finch-Hatton (2 August 1911 - 7 March 1950) was the 15th Earl of Winchilsea and 10th Earl of Nottingham. He acceded to the titles in 1939 on the death of his father, Guy Finch-Hatton, 14th Earl of Winchilsea. His mother was Margaretta Armstrong Drexel, the daughter of banker Anthony Joseph Drexel of Philadelphia.
On July 10, 1935, he married Countess Gladys Széchényi Sárvár-Felsövidék, daughter of Count László Széchényi Sárvár-Felsövidék and Gladys Moore Vanderbilt. They divorced in 1946, after having two sons:
- Christopher Denys Stormont Finch-Hatton, 16th Earl of Winchilsea, b. 1936.
- Robin Heneage Finch-Hatton, b. 1939
He married, secondly, Agnes Mary Conroy, daughter of Patrick Joseph Conroy, on 17 June 1946. He died on 7 March 1950 at age 38[1]
The 15th Earl died March 7, 1950 and was succeeded by his eldest son.
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Peerage of England Preceded by
Guy Finch-HattonEarl of Winchilsea
1939–1950Succeeded by
Christopher Finch-HattonEarl of Nottingham
7th creation
1939–1950Viscount Maidstone
1939–1950Baron Finch of Daventry
1939–1950Baronetage of England Preceded by
Guy Finch-HattonBaronet
(of Raunston, Buckinghamshire)
1939–1950Succeeded by
Christopher Finch-HattonBaronet
(of Eastwell, Kent)
1939–1950Categories:- 1911 births
- 1950 deaths
- Earls in the Peerage of England
- Earls of Winchilsea
- Earls of Nottingham
- Finch-Hatton family
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