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Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, 7th Earl of Winchilsea PC (2 July 1647 – 1 January 1730) was an English Tory politician and peer who supported the Hanoverian Succession in 1714.
13 de ago. de 2023 · The Revolution, 1688-9. Nottingham was present at Halifax’s on 12 Nov. 1688 when he met with Henry Hyde, 2nd earl of Clarendon, Weymouth and Bishops White of Peterborough and Lloyd of St Asaph, to discuss a petition to the king calling for a Parliament.
Hace 6 días · 2nd earl of Nottingham, Daniel Finch. (1647—1730) politician. Quick Reference. (1647–1730). A Tory politician, the sober Lord Nottingham was the chief standard-bearer of ‘high-church’ politics during the reigns of William III and Anne. He disapproved of James II's pro-catholic measures ...
Nottingham broke with his own party in 1711 on the issue of ‘no peace without Spain’, which enabled him to obtain the Occasional Conformity Act. As a Hanover Tory he was made president of the Council by George I.
29 de may. de 2018 · Nottingham, Daniel Finch, 2nd earl of (1647–1730). A Tory politician, the sober Lord Nottingham was the chief standard-bearer of ‘high-church’ politics during the reigns of William III and Anne.
Statesman. First Lord of the Admiralty, 1681-1684. Secretary of State, 1689-1693, when dismissed by William III. Again Secretary of State, 1702-1704. Succeeded to earldoms of Winchilsea in 1647,...
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham and 7th Earl of Winchilsea (1647-1730), commonly called ‘Dismal’, had five surviving sons and seven surviving daughters, known from their swarthiness as ‘the black funereal Finches’.
