Robert Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay

The Viscount Finlay
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
Born
Robert Bannatyne Finlay

(1842-07-11)11 July 1842
Newhaven, Edinburgh
Died9 March 1929(1929-03-09) (aged 86)
Kensington, London
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Liberal Unionist
Scottish Unionist
SpouseMary Innes (d. 1911)
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Middle Temple

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.