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Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea (1628 - 1689)

He succeeded to the earldom of Winchilsea in 1639. He was confirmed as governor of Dover and appointed lord lieutenant of Kent in 1660 and was ambassador to Turkey from 1660 to 1669. On his way home, he stopped in Sicily to visit Mount Etna, which had recently erupted. His account was published in London as A True and Exact Relation of the Late Prodigious Earthquake and Eruption of Mount Aetna. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/9434 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heneage_Finch,_3rd_Earl_of_Winchilsea Relevant locations: Visited Mount Etna, Sicily
Workplace or place of business Istanbul, Turkey
Workplace or place of business Kent, England
 Relationships: Heneage Finch was a friend of John Bargrave (1610-1680)

John Finch (1626-1682) was a brother of Heneage Finch
References in Documents:
Bargrave's catalogue: Rara, Antiqua, et Numismata Bargraviana (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16a)

(25). Small cinders and pummy stones of Mont Aetna, in Sicily, where I never was; but I had them from my Lord of Winchelsy, my noble friend, who hath bin there.

Gentle Traveller (Curatorial catalogue) (a) Small cinders and pummy stones of Mont Aetna, . . . from my Lord Winchelsy (B25) seem to be lost.