John Finch was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

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  at various times between 1624 and 1642.

Finch was probably the son of Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea

Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea

Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea was an English peer and Member of Parliament.Finch was the son of Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Heneage, 1st Countess of Winchilsea...

 and his wife Cecile Wentworth.

In 1624, Finch was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Winchelsea

Winchelsea (UK Parliament constituency)

Winchelsea was a parliamentary constituency in Sussex, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1366 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-Boundaries:...

. Sir Alexander Temple tried to take the seat from the control of the Finch family and succeeced in having Finch's return invalidated. However Temple was defeated in the subsequent by-election. In April 1640, Finch was elected MP for Winchelsea for the Short Parliament

Short Parliament

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. In November 1640 he was re-elected MP for Winchelsea in the Long Parliament

Long Parliament

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and sat until his death in 1642.

Finch died before February 1643 when a writ was issued for his replacement. He had been elected as John Finch Esq, but was referred to in the writ as Sir John Finch.