Christopher Finch-Hatton, 15th Earl of Winchilsea
The Earl of Winchilsea | |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Guy Finch-Hatton |
| Successor | Christopher Finch-Hatton |
| Born | Christopher Guy Heneage Finch-Hatton 2 August 1911 |
| Died | 7 March 1950 (aged 38) |
| Spouse(s) | Countess Gladys Széchényi Sárvár-Felsövidék (m. 1935-1946; divorced) Agnes Mary Conroy (m. 1946-1950; his death) |
| Heir | Christopher Finch-Hatton |
| Parents | Guy Finch-Hatton Margaretta Armstrong Drexel |
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.[1]
Early life
Finch-Hatton was born on 2 August 1911 to Guy Finch-Hatton, 14th Earl of Winchilsea and was Margaretta Armstrong Drexel, the daughter of banker Anthony Joseph Drexel of Philadelphia.[1] His paternal grandfather was Henry Finch-Hatton, 13th Earl of Winchilsea and great-grandfather was Admiral Sir Henry Codrington, a captain who provided refuge on board ship for Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his family who were fleeing from revolutionary forces and then commanded the HMS Royal George in the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War. Codrington went on to be Admiral superintendent of Malta Dockyard and then Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth. His maternal great-grandfather was Anthony Joseph Drexel, the founder of Drexel, Morgan & Co, along with J. P. Morgan, in New York in 1871, as well as the founder of Drexel University in 1891.[2][3]
Personal life
On 10 July 1935, he married Countess Gladys Széchényi Sárvár-Felsövidék, daughter of Count László Széchényi Sárvár-Felsövidék and Gladys Moore Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt was the seventh and youngest child of Alice Claypoole Gwynne and Cornelius Vanderbilt II, the president and chairman of the New York Central Railroad. Gladys grew up in the family home on Fifth Avenue in New York City, and their summer "cottage," The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island.[4] Together, Finch-Hatton and Széchenyi had two sons, before divorcing in 1946:
- Christopher Denys Stormont Finch-Hatton, 16th Earl of Winchilsea, (1936–1999)[5]
- Robin Heneage Finch-Hatton, b. 1939
On 17 June 1946, He married, secondly, Agnes Mary Conroy, daughter of Patrick Joseph Conroy. He died on 7 March 1950 at age 38[6] and was succeeded by his elder son.
See also
- Guy Finch-Hatton, 14th Earl of Winchilsea
- Christopher Finch-Hatton, 16th Earl of Winchilsea
- Daniel Finch-Hatton, 17th Earl of Winchilsea
References
- ^ a b Lundy, Darryl. "Henry Stormont Finch-Hatton, 13th Earl of Winchilsea". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ Rottenberg, Dan (2001). The Man Who Made Wall Street: Anthony J. Drexel and the Rise of Modern Finance. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-1966-X.
- ^ White, Theo B. (1975). Fairmount: Philadelphia's Park. Philadelphia, PA: The Art Alliance Press. p. 94. ISBN 0879820152.
- ^ Vanderbilt, Arthur T., II (1989). Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt. New York: Morrow. ISBN 0-688-07279-8.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Philip, A B (8 July 1999). "Obituary: The Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham". The Independent. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ "Christopher Guy Heneage Finch-Hatton, 15th Earl of Winchilsea".