Essex Finch, Countess of Nottingham

Essex Finch, Countess of Nottingham (c.1652 – 23 March 1684), formerly Lady Essex Rich, was the first wife of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham.[1][2]

  • The Right Honourable
  • The Countess of Nottingham
Lady Nottingham, née Lady Essex Rich (studio of Peter Lely)
BornEssex Rich
c. 1652
England
Died23 March 1684(1684-03-23) (aged 31–32)
London, England
Cause of deathChildbirth
BuriedRavenstone, Buckinghamshire, England
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1674)​
Issue
Mary Finch
Parents

Essex was the youngest daughter of Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick, and his second wife Anne Cheeke. She was named after her mother's mother, who was also descended from Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick. Following her mother's death, Essex and her sisters were brought up in the household of her father's brother, Charles Rich, 4th Earl of Warwick.[3]

Husbands proposed for Lady Essex Rich included the son of Baron Berkeley of Stratton and Thomas Vane.[3] However, on 16 June 1674, she married Daniel Finch at Leez Priory, near Felsted, and they moved in with his parents at Kensington Palace.[4] The couple had eight children but only one daughter survived to adulthood:

The Countess of Nottingham died in childbirth, and was buried in the family vault at Ravenstone.[3] Following her death, her husband remarried, his second wife being the Hon. Anne Hatton, by whom he had several children.

References
  1. "Essex Finch (née Rich), Countess of Nottingham (c.1652–1684)". National Gallery. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  2. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 283.
  3. "Lady Essex (Rich) Finch, later Countess of Nottingham". Huntington e-Museum. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  4. ODNB, "Daniel Finch"
  5. Burke's Peerage (1939), s.v. Roxburghe.
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