Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet [SEP] occupation
Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet
Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet (c. 1550 – 18 December 1614) was an English nobleman, politician, knight, sheriff, and MP.
Life.
Finch was the eldest surviving son of Sir Thomas Finch of Eastwell, Kent and the brother of Henry Finch.
Finch sat as Member of Parliament for Weymouth between 1576 and 1584, for Kent in 1593 and for Winchelsea in 1601. He served as High Sheriff of Kent in 1596 and 1605. In 1611 he was
eldest son Moyle Finch represented Weymouth, Kent and Winchelsea in the House of Commons. In 1611 he was created a baronet, of Eastwell in the County of Kent.
History.
Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet of Eastwell married Elizabeth Heneage, only daughter of Sir Thomas Heneage (1532–1595), Vice-Chamberlain of the Household to Queen Elizabeth I. After Sir Moyle's death in 1614 Elizabeth and her sons made considerable efforts to have the family's status elevated. On 8 July 1623 Elizabeth was raised to the Peerage