Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue

Lady Charlotte Finch (née Fermor) (1725-1813), Governess to children of George III

Royal governess, 2nd daughter of 1st Earl of Pomfret; when in Italy with her parents in 1741 Walpole considered her ‘the cleverest girl in the world; speaks the purest Tuscan, like any Florentine’; married 1746, as his second wife, William Finch (1691-1766), 2nd son of 7th Earl of Winchilsea; governess to the Royal children 1762-92.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.