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 364 COMPLETE PEERAGE aylesford CO., and formerly of Canada, by Jane, da. of Major Fitzgerald, of King- ston, Canada. (*) Principal Residences in 1884. — Belle Isle, near Roscrea, co. Tipperary, and Hazle Rock, co. Mayo. AXILHOLM /.^. "Lord Mowbray of Axilholm. " See "Mowbray," Barony (Mowbray), 1283, under the 4th Lord, 1362-66. AYEMOUTH see EYEMOUTH AYLESBOROUGH See " Coventry of Aylesborough, co. Worcester, " Barony (Coven- try), cr. 1628, extinct 17 19, the Earldom of Coventry {cr. 1697 with a spec, rem.) remaining. AYLESBURY, see AILESBURY AYLESFORD EARLDOM I. Heneage Finch, C") 2nd s. of Heneage (Finch), ist T Earl of Nottingham, by Elizabeth, da. of William ' ^' Harvey, matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 18 Nov. 1664, being then aged 15 ; became a Barrister of the Inner Temple (being popu- larly known as " silvertongued Finch ") ; K.C. 1677, and was made Solicitor Gen. 13 Jan. 1678/9, (°) from which office he was removed by James II, 21 Apr. 1686. In Trinity term 1688 he was one of the counsel for the seven Bishops against the Crown. M.P. (Tory) for Oxford Univ. 1679, 1689-98, 1701-3 ; and for Guildford 1685-87. Was chosen by the Univ. to receive Queen Anne, in Aug. 1702, on her coming to Oxford. (') William Henry Morgan Yelverton, b. 7 Feb. 1840, then h. presumptive, and only male descendant, besides the 6th Viscount, of the grantee, only s. of the Hon. William Henry Y., d. unm., 3 Mar. 1909, at Biarritz. V.G. C") For a note on the Arms of the Finches, Lords Aylesford, see under Winchilsea. (°) In the trial, for high treason, of Lord Russell in 1683, he (according to Bishop Burnet) " summed up the evidence against him, but shewed more of a vicious eloquence, in turning matters against the prisoner, than law. " On which Dean Swift remarks " Finch was afterwards Earl of Aylesford — an arrant r — 1. " It is certainly remarkable that during the reign of William III (to whose cause he was favourable) he obtained neither promotion, nor office of any kind. G.E.C. " His abilities were very great, he was judicious, eloquent, and industrious, and a statesman endued with strong veracity, and inflexible integrity. " Note to Absalom and Achi- tophei, pt. ii. According to Macky (1704) he was " a tall thin black man. " V.G.