Robert Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay

For the rugby player, see Robert Finlay (rugby union). For the Canadian runner, see Bob Finlay. For those of a similar name, see Robert Finley (disambiguation) and Robert Findlay (disambiguation).

The Right Honourable
The Viscount Finlay
GCMG PC
Portrait by Henry Macbeth-Raeburn, 1917
Lord Chancellor
In office
10 December 1916 – 10 January 1919
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Preceded byThe Lord Buckmaster
Succeeded byThe Lord Birkenhead
Personal details
BornRobert Bannatyne Finlay
(1842-07-11)11 July 1842
Newhaven, Edinburgh
Died9 March 1929(1929-03-09) (aged 86)
Kensington, London
PartyLiberal
Liberal Unionist
Scottish Unionist
SpouseMary Innes (d. 1911)
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Middle Temple
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Robert Bannatyne Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay, GCMG, PC (11 July 1842 – 9 March 1929), known as Sir Robert Finlay from 1895 to 1916, was a British barrister and politician who was Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1916 to 1919.

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