Charles Finch-Knightley, 11th Earl of Aylesford

Charles Ian Finch-Knightley, 11th Earl of Aylesford, (2 November 1918 – 19 February 2008), styled Lord Guernsey between 1940 and 1958, was a British peer.

Biography Lord Aylesford was the elder son of Charles Finch-Knightley, 10th Earl of Aylesford, by Aileen Jane, daughter of William McCormac Boyle. He was educated at Oundle School. He served in the Second World War where he was wounded. After the war he was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Warwickshire in 1948 and a Deputy Lieutenant of the county in 1954. He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1958. In 1974 he was appointed to the new post of Lord-Lieutenant of the West Midlands, a position he held until 1993.

Heneage Charles Finch-Knightley, 12th Earl of Aylesford (born 27 March 1947) Lady Sarah Elizabeth Jane Finch-Knightley (born 14 July 1950, died 28 September 2005) Lady Clare Charlotte Rosemary Finch-Knightley (born 13 September 1959)

Aylesford died in February 2008, aged 89, and was succeeded by his only son, Heneage.