Great Packington, Warwickshire: One Place Study.
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Heraldry.
The Great Packington estate has been owned by the Fisher family and the Finch family and this page will detail their coats of arms alongside a gallery of paintings, photographs and other images.
Fisher.
Argent, a chevron vair between three demi-lions rampant gules.
The Fisher Baronetcy was created by King James I of England for Robert Fisher of Packington Hall, on 7th December 1622. This is recorded in Complete Baronetage by George Edward Cokayne:
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'FISHER:
cr[eated], 7 Dec. 1622; ex[tinct] 1739.
1622. "Robert Fisher, of Packington, co[unty] Warwick, Kn[igh]t,"
S[on] and h[eir] of Sir Clement Fisher, of the same, by Mary, da[ughter] of Francis Repington, of Amington, in that county, was b. 29 Nov. and bap. 2 Dec. 1579.
matrio. at Oxford (Ball. Coll.), 14 Jan. 1596/7, aged 18; was Knighted at Whitehall, 26 June 1609; sue. his father, 1619, and was cr[eated]. a Bar[one]t, as above, 7 Dec. 1622; Sheriff of Warwickshire, 1627-28 ; was 6ned, as a Royalist, £3,006, afterwards reduced to £2,006. He m. Elizabeth, da[ughter] of Sir Anthony Tteinqham, of Tyringham, Bucks, by Eleanor, da[ughter] of Sir Robert Throckmorton. He d. 29 March 1647, and was bur. at Packington. Admou. 12 April 1647, to Elizabeth, the relict.’
Gallery.
Effigies of Clement Fisher (1538-1619), and Mary Fisher formerly Kendall née Repington (c.1551-?), parents of Robert Fisher, 1st Baronet Fisher of Great Packington.
Credit: Flickr.
Jane Fisher née Lane, Lady Fisher (1626-1689), wife of Clement Fisher, 2nd Baronet Fisher of Great Packington.
Credit: National Portrait Gallery.
Finch.
Argent, a chevron between three griffins passant sable.
Heneage Finch, 2nd Earl of Aylesford and the second son of the Earl of Nottingham, married Mary Fisher, daughter and sole heiress of Sir Clement Fisher, 3rd Baronet, in 1712. When the 3rd Barnet died without male heirs in 1729 the Packington estate passed to Mary and her husband.
Extract from Pinnock's The History and Topography of Warwickshire, with Biographical Sketches and a Correct Map of the County, published in 1823.
Credit: Google Books.
Gallery.
Mary Finch née Fisher, Countess of Aylesford (d. 1740).
Credit: The Peerage.
Heraldic achievement of the 3rd Earl of Aylesford. Quarterly 1st & 4th: Argent, a chevron between three griffins passant sable (Finch); 2nd & 3rd: Argent, a chevron vair between three demi-lions rampant gules (Fisher of Great Packington, Warwickshire).
Credit: Wikimedia.
Heneage Finch, 2nd Earl of Aylesford (1683-1757).
Credit: Wikimedia.
Louisa Finch née Thynne, Countess of Aylesford (1760-1832).
Credit: National Portrait Gallery.
Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford (1751) and Louisa Finch née Thynne, Countess of Aylesford (1760-1832).
Credit: British Museum.
Jane Finch née Wightwick Knightley (1827-1911)
Credit: FindaGrave.
Heneage Finch, 6th Earl of Aylesford (1849-1871).
Credit: Fine Art America.
Heneage Joseph Finch, 7th Earl of Aylesford (1849-1885), photographed in India.
Credit: Royal Collections Trust.
Marcella Araminta Victoria formerly Linton née Ross, Countess of Aylesford (1863-1930).
Credit: National Portrait Gallery.
Charles Wightwick Finch, 8th Earl of Aylesford 1851-1924),
Credit: National Portrait Gallery.
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Heneage Greville Finch, Lord Guernsey. Son of the 8th Earl of Aylesford and father of the 9th Earl of Aylesford, (1883-1914). Killed in action in WWI.
Credit: FindmyPast.
Gladys Cecil Georgina Finch née Fellowes, Lady Guernsey (1885-1952), photograph from The Sketch, October 1918. Mother of the 9th Earl of Aylesford,
Credit: FindmyPast.
Heneage Michael Charles Finch, 9th Earl of Aylesford (1908-1940),
Credit: FindmyPast.
Pamela Elizabeth formerly Dugdale née Coventry, Countess of Aylesford.
Credit: Library of Congress.
Left: Charles Daniel Finch-Knightley, 10th Earl of Aylesford (1886-1958).
Credit: The Peerage.
Sources:
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British Museum.
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Cokayne, George Edward (1900). Complete Baronetage. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co.
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Cracoft's Peerage.
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FindaGrave.
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Fine Art America.
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Flickr.
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​Heraldic Media Limited.
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Library of Congress.
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May, Thomas, and King, Greggory. (1865) Warwickshire Pedigrees: Selected from The Visitation of the County of Warwick. Privately printed.
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National Portrait Gallery.
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The Peerage.
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Pinnock, William (1823). The History and Topography of Warwickshire, with Biographical Sketches and a Correct Map of the County. London: G. and W. B. Whittaker.
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Royal Collections Trust.
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Wikimedia.