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Louisa Finch, Countess of Aylesford (née Thynne; 25 March 1760 – 28 December 1832) was an English naturalist and botanical illustrator who made studies and paintings of the plants, algae, and fungi from the Warwickshire area.

The Right Honourable

The Countess of Aylesford
Louisa, Countess of Aylesford (1783) by Valentine Green after Sir Joshua Reynolds
Born
Hon. Louisa Thynne

(1760-03-25)25 March 1760
Died28 December 1832(1832-12-28) (aged 72)
Packington Hall, Great Packington, Warwickshire, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationNaturalist, botanical illustrator
Known forBotanical art
Spouse
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(m. 1781; died 1812)​
Children13, including Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford
Parent(s)Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath
Lady Elizabeth Bentinck

Life


She was born the eldest daughter of the politician Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath, and his wife, the former Lady Elizabeth Bentinck. In 1781 she married Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford. She had thirteen children, including Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford. She was widowed in 1812. In 1816, she leased Stanmore Park House, Stanmore, Middlesex: the site is now a housing estate, Lady Aylesford Avenue. She died at the age of 72 at the family home of Packington Hall.


Botany


Upon settling in Warwickshire. Lady Aylesford took to studying the region's flora. She produced over 2,800 botanical watercolour drawings and was a correspondent of botanists such as William Withering, W. T. Bree, and George Don.[1][2] Additionally, she documented about 30 first records of plants from Warwickshire.[3] She also amassed an extensive collection of minerals, which was acquired by Henry Heuland after her death.[4] Her plants are collected in Oxford University, and her minerals and manuscripts in the Natural History Museum.[5]


Marriage and issue


Lady Louisa married Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford, on 18 November 1781. They lived at Packington Hall near Meriden, Warwickshire and had thirteen children:


Arms


Coat of arms of Louisa Finch, Countess of Aylesford
Coronet
Coronet of an Earl
Escutcheon
Argent a chevron between three griffins passant Sable (Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford) impaling quarterly 1st & 4th barry of ten Or and Sable 2nd & 3rd Argent a lion rampant tail nowed and erect Gules (Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath).
Supporters
Dexter a griffin Sable ducally gorged Or sinister a lion Or ducally gorged Azure.[6]

References


  1. Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy, eds. (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Vol. I. Routledge. p. 446. ISBN 0415920388.
  2. Bagnall, James E. (1891). The Flora of Warwickshire. London: Gurney & Jackson. pp. 493-494.
  3. Cadbury, D.A.; Hawkes, J. G.; Readett, R. C. (1971). A Computer-Mapped Flora: A Study of The County of Warwickshire. Academic Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-323-14258-8.
  4. The History of the Collections Contained in the Natural History Departments of the British Museum. Vol. I. London: Trustees of the British Museum. 1904. p. 364.
  5. Desmond, Ray (1994). Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists. Taylor & Francis. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-85066-843-8.
  6. Debrett's Peerage. 1809.


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