Graeme Finlay

Sir Graeme Bell Finlay, 1st Baronet, ERD ( – , was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Finlay was son of James Bell Pettigrew Finlay, of Portskewett House, near Chepstow, Monmouthshire, an engineer, and his wife Margaret Helena, daughter of John Euston Davies. He was educated at Marlborough, and at University College London, then entered Gray's Inn in 1946, becoming a barrister. During the Second World War, he served in the South Wales Borderers and reached the rank of Major. He was elected at the 1951 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Epping constituency in Essex. He was re-elected in 1955 and 1959, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1964 general election by the Labour candidate Stan Newens. While in Parliament, Finlay served in government as an Assistant Government Whip from 1957 to 1959, a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 1959 to 1960, and Vice Chamberlain of the Royal Household to Elizabeth II from 1960 until 1964.