# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-finch-9th-earl-of-winchilsea
# Generated: 2026-08-16T11:45:16.418Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-finch-9th-earl-of-winchilsea"
name: "George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea"
slug: "george-finch-9th-earl-of-winchilsea"
description: "George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea, was an English peer, army officer and cricketer who was an important figure in the history of cricket. His main contributions to the game were patronage and organisation but Winchilsea, an amateur, was also a very keen player. Finch was appointed to command the Rutland Militia in 1778 at the time of the American Revolutionary War, but transferred to the 87th Foot from its formation in 1779 to its disbanding in 1783, with the temporary ranks of major and lieutenant-colonel. Finch was the first president of the Royal Institution, and it was through his influence that it received the endorsement of King George III."
tagline: "Patron of cricket (1752-1826)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/9thEarlOfWinchelsea.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1752-11-04"
deathDate: "1826-08-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.02
  momentum:             1.172161172161172
  historical:           6.344313333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%81%D9%86%DA%86%D8%8C_%D9%88%D9%86%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3%DB%8C_%DA%A9%DB%92_9_%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%BA_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84"
    title: "جارج فنچ، ونچیلسی کے 9 ویں ارل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B4"
    title: "جورج فينش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Finch%2C_9._Earl_of_Winchilsea"
    title: "George Finch, 9. Earl of Winchilsea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Finch%2C_9th_Earl_of_Winchilsea"
    title: "George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Finch_(9e_comte_de_Winchilsea)"
    title: "George Finch (9e comte de Winchilsea)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Finch%2C_IX_conte_di_Winchilsea"
    title: "George Finch, IX conte di Winchilsea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%87%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%2C_9-%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%B8"
    title: "Финч, Джордж, 9-й граф Уинчилси"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1507342"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump