Lady Charlotte Finch

Charlotte Finch, known as Lady Charlotte Finch (born as Lady Charlotte Fermor, * 1725 † June 1813 ) was the governess of the children of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg -Strelitz, King and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. She was the daughter of Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret, Henrietta Louisa Jeffreys and.

Charlotte married on August 9, 1746 Hon William Finch († 1766 ), and together they had four children. For the royal governess, she was appointed to the day that her first protégé was born: George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV). Shortly after her appointment, her husband began to change his opinion about their position. Fearing for her safety, she left her husband and moved with her children in an apartment at St James 's Palace and into a small house in Kew.

The enthusiastic botanists Lady Charlotte held the position as governess of the royal children over 30 years. Princess Amelia - which without a governess left Charlotte November 1792, when she resigned from her post - was then raised to accompany its mother.

She died in June 1813. Chantrey your monument is located in the Holy Cross Church in Burley. The most famous of their child was George Finch, who succeeded his uncle as Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham in 1769.