Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham and 6th Earl of Winchelsea ( 1647 - 1730 )

Birth: 02 July 1647 Death: His house at Burley-on-the-Hill, near Oakham, Rutland (01 January 1730) Burial: Ravenstone Education: Westminster School; Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1662); Inner Temple (admitted 1658) Career: Travelled abroad in Italy and France (1665-1668); MP for Great Bedwin, Wiltshire (1673-1679); MP for Lichfield, Staffordshire (1679-1681); Lord of the Admiralty (1679-1684); Privy Councillor (1680-1696, 1702-1707, 1714); First Lord of the Admiralty (1684); Secretary of State for the War Department (1688-1693, 1702-1704); one of the Lords Justices (Regents) of the Realm (1714); Lord President of the Council (1714-1716); retired from public life (1716) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 26/11/1668.