Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea

Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea (13 June 1578 – 4 November 1639) was an English peer and Member of Parliament.

Early life Finch was the third, but second surviving, son of Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Heneage, 1st Countess of Winchilsea. Among his siblings were Sir Theophilius Finch, 2nd Baronet, Lady Anne Finch (who married Sir William Twysden, 1st Baronet), Hon. Sir Heneage Finch (Speaker of the House of Commons), Hon. Francis Finch (MP for Eye), and Lady Catherine Finch (who married Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet, of Gosfield). and Sir Thomas Finch and his uncle was Henry Finch (MP for Canterbury and St Albans).

Career Finch represented the constituencies of Winchelsea from 1621 to 1622 and Kent from 1628 to 1629 as a Member of Parliament.

Upon the death of his elder brother Sir Theophilus Finch, 2nd Baronet in 1619, Finch inherited his father's baronetcy. Later, he inherited the earldom of Winchilsea from his mother Elizabeth Finch, 1st Countess of Winchilsea on her death in 1634.

Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea (–1689), the British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire who married Hon. Diana Willoughby, eldest daughter of Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby in 1645. After her death in 1648, he married Lady Mary Seymour, second daughter of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, in . After her death in 1672, he married Catherine ( Norcliffe) Wentworth, widow of Christopher Lister and Sir John Wentworth (and daughter of Sir Thomas Norcliffe) in 1673. After her death in 1678, he married Elizabeth Ayres, only daughter and heiress of John Ayres, in 1681. Cecille Finch, who married Sir Erasmus Philipps, 3rd Baronet. After her death he married secondly to Catherine Darcy.

Lord Winchilsea died on 4 November 1639 and was succeeded in his titles by his only son, Heneage.