FINCHE, THOMAS [SSNE 1788]

Surname

FINCHE, FINCH

First name

THOMAS

Title/rank

MR

Nationality

ENGLISH

Social status

GENTRY

Text source

Thomas Finch was an Englishman who served as part of the aborted embassy of Sir Dudley Diggs [SSNE 3958] to Russia in 1618. After Diggs returned home, Finch travelled with his uncle, Thomas Leake [SSNE 1936], to Moscow to return money to the Tsar as part of a loan from the Muscovy Company.

Sources: S. Konovalov, Oxford Slavonic Papers, Vol. 1, 1950 and Vol. 2, 1951 [Bodleian Library, MS, Ashmole 824, ff. 175-86]; G. M. Bell, A Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives 1509-1688 (London, 1990).

Service record

STUART KINGDOMS,

Arrived 1618-07-16

Departed 1618-09-02

Capacity DIPLOMAT, purpose CIVIL SERVICE

STUART KINGDOMS, RUSSIA

Arrived 1619-01-19

Departed 1619-12-31

Capacity DIPLOMAT, purpose DIPLOMACY