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Huntingdon, Earl of (E, 1529)

Creation: let. pat. 8 Dec 1529

Family name: Hastings later Hastings-Bass

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Arms:

Argent a Maunch Sable

Crest:

A Bull's Head erased Sable armed and ducally gorged Or

Supporters:

On either side a Man Tiger (or Lion guardant with Human Face) Or the Faces proper

Motto:

In Veritate Victoria (Victory is in truth)

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George [Hastings], 3rd Baron Hastings of Hastings and 2nd Baron Hastings of Hungerford later 1st Earl of Huntingdon, PC

only son and heir of Edward [Hastings], 2nd Baron Hastings of Hastings and 1st Baron Hastings of Hungerford, by his wife Mary Hungerford, suo jure Baroness Botreaux,  Hungerford and de Moleyns, dau. and sole hrss. of Sir Thomas Hungerford (by his wife Lady Anne Percy, 2nd dau. of Henry [Percy], 1st Earl of Northumberland), son and heir of Robert [Hungerford], 3rd Baron Hungerford

born

1488

mar.

c. Dec 1509 Lady Anne Herbert (widow of Sir Walter Herbert; d. aft. 1544/5), 2nd dau. of Henry [Stafford], 2nd Duke of Buckingham, by his wife Lady Katharine Wydville, 6th dau. of Richard [Wydville], 1st Earl Rivers

children

1. Hon Francis Hastings, later 2nd Earl of Huntingdon

2. Hon Sir Thomas Hastings (dsp.), mar. Hon Winifred Pole (mar. (2) Sir Thomas Barrington, of Barrington, co. Essex), 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Henry [Pole], 1st Baron Montagu (by his wife Hon Jane Nevill, dau. by his first wife of George [Nevill], 4th Baron Bergavenny), 1st son and heir of Sir Richard Pole KG, Constable of Harlech Castle, by his wife Lady Margaret Plantagenet, styled Countess of Salisbury and de jure Countess of Warwick, only dau. of George [Plantagenet], 1st Duke of Clarence, younger brother of King Edward IV

3. Hon Edward Hastings, later 1st Baron Hastings of Loughborough

4. Hon Henry Hastings

5. Hon William Hastings

1. Lady Dorothea Hastings, mar. Hon Sir Richard Devereux (dvp. 13 Oct 1547), 1st son and heir ap. of Walter [Devereux], 1st Viscount Hereford, by his first wife Lady Mary Grey, 8th dau. of Thomas [Grey], 1st Marquis of Dorset, and had issue

died

24 Mar 1544/5

suc. by

son

created

8 Dec 1529 Earl of Huntingdon

note

Knight of the Bath 1501; suc. his father 4 Nov 1506 as 3rd Baron Hastings of Hastings (cr. 1461) and 2nd Baron Hastings of Hungerford (cr. 1482), and his mother c.1530 as 6th Baron Botreaux, 6th Baron Hungerford and 4th Baron de Moleyns; Privy Councillor

Francis [Hastings], 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, KG PC

born

c. 1514

mar.

25 Jun 1532 Hon Catharine Pole (d. 23 Sep 1576), 1st dau. and cohrss. of Hon Sir Henry Pole, styled Lord Montagu (by his wife Hon Jane Nevill, 1st dau. by his first wife of George [Nevill], 2nd and 4th Baron Bergavenny), 1st son and heir of Sir Richard Pole KG, Constable of Harlech Castle, by his wife Lady Margaret Plantagenet, styled Countess of Salisbury and de jure Countess of Warwick, only dau. of George [Plantagenet], 1st Duke of Clarence, younger brother of King Edward IV

children

1. Hon Henry Hastings, later 3rd Earl of Huntingdon

2. Hon George Hastings, later 4th Earl of Huntingdon

3. Hon William Hastings (dsp.)

4. Hon Sir Edward Hastings, of Leicester Abbey (d. 1603), mar. Barbara Cave (widow of Edward Cave, of Ingarsby, co. Leicester), 1st dau. and cohrss. of Hon Sir William Devereux, of Mirevale Abbey, co. Warwick (by his wife Jane Scudamore, dau. of John Scudamore, of Holme Lacy), 3rd son by his first wife of Walter [Devereux], 1st Viscount Hereford, and had issue:

1a. Sir Henry Hastings, Sheriff of Leicestershire 1619 (d. 1629), mar. Mabel Faunt (d. 1618), dau. of Antony Faunt, of Foston, co. Leicester, and had issue:

1b. Henry Hastings, of Humberston, co. Leicester, mar. Jane Goodall, of Belgrave, co. Leicester, and had issue:

1c. Henry Hastings (b. 1643; dsp. 1697), mar. (1) 1671 Elizabeth Warren, and (2) 1673 Pentecost Smalley (d. 1705)

2c. Walter Hastings (b. 1645), mar. Hannah Cradock, and had issue:

1d. Henry Hastings, of Castle Donington, co. Leicester (dsp. 1753)

1d. Jane Hastings, mar. Edward Holme, of Upholland

3c. Richard Hastings, of Welford, co. Nottingham (b. 1645; d. 1715), mar. Sarah Sleath (d. 1707), and had issue:

1d. Richard Hastings (b. 1699; d. an infant)

2d. Henry Hastings, of Lutterworth, co. Leicester (b. c. 1701; d. 1786), mar. 1727 Elizabeth Hudson, of Lutterworth, and had issue:

1e. Rev Theophilus Henry Hastings, de jure 11th Earl of Huntingdon

2e. Lt Col George Hastings (b. c. 1735; d. 6 Feb 1802), mar. 1769 Sarah Fowler (d. 1807), dau. of Sir Richard Fowler, 2nd Bt., of Harnage Grange, co. Salop, and had issue:

1f. Francis Hastings (b. 1770; dvp. 1776)

2f. Henry Hastings (b. 1774; d. 1796)

3f. Ferdinando Hastings (b. 1776; d. 1801)

4f. Hans Francis Hastings, later 12th Earl of Huntingdon

3e. Ferdinando Hastings (d. young)

2b. Walter Hastings, a Military Knight of Windsor (d. 1672)

3b. Sir Richard Hastings, 1st Bt. (cr. 7 May 1667), of Redlynch, co. Somerset (dsp. 3 Sep 1668), mar. Margaret Poyntz, dau. of Sir Robert Poyntz KB, of Iron Acton, co. Gloucester

4b. Antony Hastings (d. 1667), mar. 1638 Anne Watkinson, and had issue

2a. Walter Hastings (dsp.)

5. Hon Sir Francis Hastings (b. c. 1545; dsp. 1610)

6. Hon Walter Hastings (d. 1616), mar. 1574 Joyce Roper (d. 1616), and had issue

1. Lady Catherine Hastings (b. 11 Aug 1542), mar. Feb 1557 as his first wife Henry [Clinton], 2nd Earl of Lincoln, and had issue

2. Lady .... Hastings

3. Lady Frances Hastings (d. 1574), mar. as his first wife Henry [Compton], 1st Baron Compton, and had issue

4. Lady Elizabeth Hastings (d. 24 Aug 1621), mar. Dec 1571 Edward [Somerset]. 4th Earl of Worcester, and had issue

5. Lady Mary Hastings (d. unm.)

died

23 Jun 1560

suc. by

son

note

Knight of the Bath 1533; Knight of the Garter1549; Lord Lieutenant of Rutland 1550-59, of Leicestershire 1554-60, of Derbyshire 1552-60 and of Warwickshire 1554-59; Privy Councillor 1550; Captain of the Vanguard of the Queen's Forces 1558; Master of the Harthounds 1559

Henry [Hastings], 5th Baron Hastings de Hastings later 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, KG

born

c. 1536

mar.

25 May 1553 Lady Catharine Dudley (bur. 14 Aug 1620), 2nd dau. of John [Dudley], 1st Duke of Northumberland, by his wife Jane Guilford, dau. and hrss. by his first wife of Sir Edward Guilford, Marshal of Calais

died

s.p. 14 Dec 1595

suc. by

brother

note

Knight of the Bath 1546/7 at the Coronation of King Edward VI; sum. to Parliament v.p. 23 Jun 1558/9 as 5th Baron Hastings de Hastings; Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire 1559-95, of Rutland 1569-70, and of Yorkshire, Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmorland and Durham 1587-95; Joint Custodian of Mary, Queen of Scots 1569; Knight of the Garter 1570; Lord President of the North 1572-95; Lieutenant of the Order of the Garter 1589

George [Hastings], 4th Earl of Huntingdon

born

c. 1540

mar.

Jul 1557 Dorothy Port (d. 2 Sep 1607), 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Sir John Port, of Etwal, co. Derby, by his wife Elizabeth Giffard, dau. and hrss. of Sir Thomas Giffard, of Chillington, co. Stafford

children

1. Hon Francis Hastings, styled Lord Hastings (b. 1560; dvp. 17 Dev 1595), mar. bef. 1586 Sarah Harington (mar. (2) Sir George Kingsmill;  (3) Edward [la Zouche], 11th Baron Zouche of Haryngworth;  (4) Sir Thomas Edwards, Treasurer of the Household;  bur. 3 Oct 1629), sister of John [Harington], 1st Baron Harington of Exton, and dau. of Sir James Harington, of Exton, co. Rutland, by his wife Lucy Sidney, dau. of Sir William Sidney, of Penshurst, co. Sussex, and had issue:

1b. Hon Henry Hastings, later 5th Earl of Huntingdon

2b. Hon Sir George Hastings, mar. Seymour Pryn, dau. and cohrss. of Sir Gilbert Pryn, and had issue

3b. Capt Hon Edward Hastings RN (d. 1617)

1b. Lady Catherine Hastings (d. 28 Aug 1636), mar. 1605 as his first wife Philip [Stanhope], 1st Earl of Chesterfield, and had issue

2b. Lady Theodosia Hastings, mar. Sir Francis Bodenham, of Ryal, co. Rutland

2. Hon Henry Hastings, of Woodland, co. Dorset, mar. and had issue

3. Hon Sir Edward Hastings (d. unm.)

1. Lady Catherine Hastings, mar. (1) Sir Edward Unton, of Wadley, and (2) 1605 as his second wife Sir Walter Chetwynd MP, of Ingestre, co. Salop (d. 1638)

2. Lady Dorothy Hastings (b. 15 Jan 1579; d. bef. 1622), mar. (1) Sir James Stewart, Master of Blantyre (dsp. and vp. 8 Nov 1609; bur. in Islington, co. Middlesex), 1st son and heir ap. of Walter [Stewart], 1st Lord Blantyre, by his wife Nichola Somerville, 4th dau. of Sir James Somerville of Cambusnethan, and (2) as his second wife Robert [Dillon], 2nd Earl of Roscommon, and had issue by her second husband

died

30 Dec 1604

suc. by

grandson

note

Member of Parliament for Derbyshire 1562 and for Leicestershire 1584-87; knighted 1565; High Sheriff of Leicestershire 1571; Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire and Rutland 1596

Henry [Hastings], 5th Earl of Huntingdon

born

24 Apr 1586

mar.

15 Jan 1601 Lady Elizabeth Stanley (bapt. 6 Jan 1587/8; d. 20 Jan 1633), 3rd dau. and cohrss. of Ferdinando [Stanley], 5th Earl of Derby, by his wife Alice Spencer, dau. of Sir John Spencer, of Wormleighton and Althorp, co. Northampton

children

1. Hon Ferdinando Hastings, later 8th Baron Hastings later 6th Earl of Huntingdon

2. Hon Henry Hastings, later 1st Baron Loughborough

1. Lady Alice Hastings (bur. sp. 29 Mar 1667 in St Giles's-in-the-Fields, co. Middlesex), mar. 17 Dec 1656 as his seventh wife Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Bt., of Clifton, co. Nottingham

2. Lady Elizabeth Hastings, mar. Sir High Calverley, of Lea

died

14 Nov 1643

suc. by

son

note

Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire 1607-42 and of Rutland 1614-42

Ferdinando [Hastings], 8th Baron Hastings of Hastings later 6th Earl of Huntingdon

born

18 Jan 1608/9

mar.

7 Aug 1623 Lucy Davies (d. 14 Nov 1679), dau. and hrss. of Sir John Davies, of Englefield, co. Berkshire, Premier Serjeant-at-Law, by his wife Lady Eleanor Touchet, 5th dau. by his first wife of George [Touchet], 1st Earl of Castlehaven

children

1. Hon Henry Hastings, styled Lord Hastings (b. 16 Jan 1630; dvp. 24 Jun 1649)

2. Hon Theophilus Hastings, later 7th Earl of Huntingdon

1. Lady Elizabeth Hastings (dsp. 28 Mar 1664), mar. c. 18 Nov 1662 as his second wife Sir James Langham, 2nd Bt.

2. Lady Mary Hastings, mar. Sir William Jolliffe, of Caverswell Castle, co. Stafford

died

13 Feb 1655/6

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for Leicestershire 1625 and 1628-29; inherited the co-heirship to the Baronies of Strange of Knokyn and Stanley from his mother, Lady Elizabeth Stanley; sum. to Parliament v.p. 1640 in his father's Barony of Hastings of Hastings

Theophilus [Hastings], 7th Earl of Huntingdon

born

10 Dec 1650

mar. (1)

19 Feb 1671/2 Elizabeth Lewis (b. 1654; d. 24 Dec 1688), 1st dau. and cohrss. of Sir John Lewis, 1st Bt. of Ledstone Hall, co. York, by his wife Sarah Foote, 3rd dau. of Sir Thomas Foote, Bt., Lord Mayor of London 1649

children by first wife

1. Hon Thomas Hastings, styled Lord Hastings (b. 12 Nov 1674; dvp. 2 Mar 1675)

2. Hon George Hastings, later 8th Earl of Huntingdon

1. Lady Lucy Hastings (d. unm.)

2. Lady Elizabeth Hastings, inherited Ledstone Hall (d. unm.)

mar. (2)

8 May 1690 Frances Needham (widow of Thomas [Needham], 6th Viscount Kilmorey;  mar. (3) bef. 20 Jul 1706 Col Chev Michael de Ligondes, of Auvergne, France;  d. 27 Dec 1723), dau. and sole hrss. of Francis Leveson Fowler, of Harnage Grange, co. Salop, by his wife Anne Venables, dau. of Peter Venables, of Kinderton, co. Derby

children by second wife

3. Hon Theophilus Hastings, later 9th Earl of Huntingdon

4. Hon Ferdinando Hastings (d. unm.)

3. Lady Anne Jaqueline Hastings (d. 1755)

4. Lady Alice Hastings (dvp. 1692)

5. Lady Frances Hastings (d. 23 Jan 1750)

6. Lady Catherine Maria Hastings (b. 1697; d. 1740), mar. as his first wife Rev Granville Wheler, of Otterden Place, co. Kent (b. 1701; d. 1786), son of Sir George Wheler, and had issue

7. Lady Margaret Hastings (b. 1700; d. 1768/), mar. 1741 Rev Benjamin Ingham, Rector of Aberford, co. York (b. 1712), and had issue

died

30 May 1701

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Privy Councillor 1982/3-88/9; Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners 1682/3-88; Col of the 13th Regiment of Foot Guards 1685-88; Chief Justice in Eyre, South of Trent 1685/6-88; Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire and Derbyshire 1687-88; Groom of the Stole to Prince George of Denmark 1687; deprived of all offices 1690

George [Hastings], 8th Earl of Huntingdon

born

22 Mar 1677

died

22 Feb 1704/5

suc. by

half-brother

note

Lt Col, 1st Regiment of Foot Guards 1697-1702; Col of the 33rd Regiment of Foot Guards 1702-5

Theophilus [Hastings], 9th Earl of Huntingdon

born

12 Nov 1696

mar.

3 Jun 1728 Lady Selina Shirley (b. 12 Aug 1707; d. 17 Jun 1791), 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Washington [Shirley], 2nd Earl Ferrers, by his wife Mary Levinge, 1st dau. of Rt Hon Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Bt. of Parwich

children

1. Hon Francis Hastings, later 10th Earl of Huntingdon

1. Lady Elizabeth Hastings, suo jure Baroness Hungerford, etc.

2. Lady Selina Hastings (d. 12 May 1763)

died

13 Oct 1746

suc. by

son

Francis [Hastings], 10th Earl of Huntingdon

born

13 Mar 1728/9

died

s.p. 2 Oct 1789

suc. by

distant cousin

note

Master of the Horse to George, Prince of Wales 1756-60 and to King George III 1760-61; Privy Councillor 1760; Groom of the Stole 1761-70; Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire 1762-65; on his death the Baronies of Botreaux, Hungerford, de Moleyns, Hastings of Hastings and Hastings of Hungerford (together with the co-heirship to the Baronies of Strange of Knokyn and Stanley) passed to his only surviving sister and heir general Lady Elizabeth Rawdon, Countess of Moira

Following the death of the 10th Earl of Huntingdon the earldom was dormant for 30 years until claimed by Hans Francis Hastings, who succeeded in establishing his right to the earldom and received his summons in that title on 14 Jan 1819. As a consequence of this decision the Earldom of Huntingdon was held to have passed to his late uncle following the death of the 10th Earl of Huntingdon,

Theophilus Henry Hastings, de jure 11th Earl of Huntingdon

born

7 Oct 1728

mar. (1)

..... Pratt

mar. (2)

1798 Elizabeth Warner (b. c. 1748)

died

s.p.s. 2 Apr 1804

suc. by

nephew

note

Vicar of Osgathorpe and Belton, co. Leicester 1764, and Rector of Great and Little Leake, co. Nottingham

Hans Francis [Hastings], 12th Earl of Huntingdon

born

14 Aug 1779

mar. (1)

12 May 1803 Frances Cobb (b. c.1781; d. 31 Mar 1820), 3rd dau. of Rev Richard Chaloner Cobb, Rector of Great Marlow, co. Buckingham, by his wife Sarah Burslem, dau. of Rev James Burslem, Rector of Coleby

children by first wife

1. Hon Francis Theophilus Henry Hastings, later 13th Earl of Huntingdon

2. Vice-Admiral Hon George Fowler Hastings CB (b. 28 Nov 1814; d. 21 Mar 1876), mar. 14 Sep 1864 Mathilde Alice Hitchcock (d. 6 Jul 1916), only dau. of W H Hitchcock, of St Omer, and had issue

3. Hon Edward Plantagenet Robin Hood Hastings (b. 12 Aug 1818; d. 17 Oct 1857), mar. 12 Dec 1840 Caroline Sarah Morris (d. 28 Jan 1890), 1st dau. of G J Morris, and had issue

4. Rev Hon Richard Godolphin Henry Hastings, Rector of Hertingfordbury, co. Hertford (b. 26 Mar 1820; d. 10 Mar 1865), mar. 26 Nov 1840 Agnes Fynes-Clinton (d. 6 Mar 1872), 6th dau. of Henry Fynes-Clinton MP, of Welwyn, co. Hertford, by his second wife Katherine Majendie, dau. of Rt Rev H W Majendie, Bishop of Bangor, and had issue

1. Lady Francis Theophila Anne Hastings (d. 7 May 1854), mar. 10 Apr 1822 Capt Henry Parker RN, and had issue

2. Lady Selina Arabella Lucy Hastings (d. 1885), mar. 1839 Rear Adml Charles Calmady Dent RN, and had issue

3. Lady Arabella Georgiana Hastings (d. 29 Jan 1899), mar. 25 Apr 1833 George Augustus Frederick Brooke DL, of Ashbrooke, co. Fermanagh (b. 1805; d. 20 Feb 1874), 8th son of Sir Henry Brooke, 1st Bt., of Colebrooke, co. Fermanagh, by his wife Harriet Butler, 2nd dau. of Hon John Butler MP (by his wife ..... Harris, widow of ..... Harris), 4th son of Brinsley [Butler], 1st Viscount Lanesborough, and had issue

4. Lady Louisa Hastings (d. 7 Feb 1868), mar. Apr 1845 Rev John Lees, Rector of Annaghdown, co. Galway, and had issue

mar. (2)

28 Sep 1820 Eliza Mary Thistlethwayte (widow of Alexander Thistlethwayte;  mar. (3) 26 Apr 1838 as his second wife Col Sir Thomas Noel Harris KH;  d. 9 Nov 1846), 1st dau. of Joseph Bettesworth, of Ryde in the Isle of Wight

died

9 Dec 1828

suc. by

son by first wife

note

joined the Navy 1793, Lieut 1799, Commander 1821 and Post Captain 1824; his claim to the Earldom of Huntingdon was reported as being proved 29 Oct 1818 by the Attorney General and he was summoned to Parliament as Earl of Huntingdon on 14 Jan 1819; Governor of Dominica 1822-24

Francis Theophilus Henry [Hastings], 13th Earl of Huntingdon

born

31 Jul 1808

mar.

8 Sep 1835 Elizabeth Anne Power (b. c. 1818; d. 18 Feb 1857), only surv. dau. and hrss. of Richard Power MP, of Cashmore, co. Waterford, by his wife Dorothea Carew, sister of Robert Shapland [Carew], 1st Baron Carew, and dau. of Robert Shapland Carew MP, of Castleborough, co. Waterford

children

1. Hon Francis Power Plantagenet Hastings, later 14th Earl of Huntingdon

1. Lady Dorothea Frances Hastings (dsp. 8 Jul 1909), mar. 27 Oct 1869 George Dundas Yeoman, of Woodlands, co. York (dsp. 3 Dec 1908)

2. Lady Selina Elizabeth Anne Hastings (d. 24 Apr 1875), mar. 3 Mar 1870 E G H Odell, of Carriglea, co. Waterford

3. Lady Louisa Arabella Hastings (d. 3 Feb 1873), mar. 8 Aug 1871 W P Maxwell, of Moore Hill, co. Waterford (d. 11 Aug 1902)

died

13 Sep 1875

suc. by

son

Francis Power Plantagenet [Hastings], 14th Earl of Huntingdon

born

4 Dec 1841

mar.

15 Aug 1867 Mary Anne Wilmot Westenra (b. 3 Jul 1847; d. 16 Dec 1894), only child of Col Hon John Craven Westenra MP, of Sharavogue, King's County (by his second wife Anne Daubuz, dau. of Louis Charles Daubuz), 3rd son by his first wife of Warner William [Westenra], 2nd Baron Rossmore

children

1. Hon Warner Francis John Plantagenet Hastings, later 15th Earl of Huntingdon

2. Capt Hon Osmond William Toome Westenra Hastings (b. 7 Aug 1873; d. 25 Oct 1933), mar. 14 Apr 1896 Mary Caroline Campbell Tarratt (d. 12 Nov 1955), dau. of Daniel Fox Tarratt, of Ellary, co. Argyll, and had issue:

1a. F/Lt David Fox Godolphin Hastings RAF (b. 13 Dec 1909; dsp. 19...), mar. 20 Dec 1945 Mary Power (widow of Edward Hunter Power), dau. of Elystan Charles Jones, of Llanfair Grange, Llandovery

2a. Lt Col Robin Hood William Stewart Hastings DSO OBE MC, of Bramdean Manor, Alresford, co. Hampshire (b. 16 Jan 1917; d. 1990), mar. 25 May 1950 Jean Suzanne Holbeach (former wife of John Ronald Christopher Holbeach), dau. of Henry Palethorpe, of Stone Manor, Chaddesley Corbett, co. Worcester, and had issue:

1b. Lucinda Ileene Hastings (b. 15 Jul 1955), mar. 1983 Michael Thomas Waterhouse, of Middleton Hall, Bakewell, co. Derby, and has issue

1a. Ileene Wilmot Fox Hastings (b. 2 Feb 1898; d. 19...), mar. 2 Apr 1918 Capt Gordon Armytage Fairburn, only son of Lt Col Frederick Fairburn, of Logan Downs, Queensland, Australia, and had issue

2a. Dorothy Isabel Westenra Hastings (b. 18 May 1899), mar. 10 Apr 1923 George Francis Hugh [Cambridge], 2nd Marquess of Cambridge, and has issue

3a. Helen Stewart Daubuz Hastings (b. 26 Nov 1900; d. 18 Dec 1964), mar. 14 Jun 1934 Col Douglas Charles Murray Beech MC (d. 14 Jun 1944), son of Lt Col Rowland John Beech, of Brandon Hall, co. Warwick

4a. Osmunda Mary Hastings (b. 17 Jan 1903; d. 19...)

3. Hon Aubrey Craven Theophilus Robin Hood Hastings (b. 9 Jan 1878; d. 25 May 1929), mar. 29 Apr 1907 Winifred Forsyth-Forest (d. 1977), dau. of Thomas Forsyth-Forest, of The Querns, Cirencester, and had issue:

1a. Capt Peter Robin Hood Hastings later Hastings-Bass, assumed additional name of Bass by Deed Poll 16 Feb 1954 (b. 16 Jul 1920; d. 4 Jun 1964), mar. 9 Apr 1947 Priscilla Victoria Bullock, only child of Capt Sir Malcolm Bullock, 1st Bt., and had issue:

1b. William Edward Robin Hood Hastings later Hastings-Bass, later 17th Earl of Huntingdon

2b. Hon Simon Aubrey Robin Hood Hastings later Hastings-Bass, of Coronation House, Newmarket, Suffolk, granted the style and precedence of the younger son of an Earl by Royal Warrant 1992 (b. 2 May 1950; d. 6 Oct 2017), mar. 13 Nov 1997 Ann Elizabeth Mason, dau. of William Frederick Mason, of Newmarket, co. Suffolk

3b. Hon John Peter Robin Hood Hastings-Bass, heir presumptive to the Earldom of Huntingdon, of Ashmansworth Manor, Newbury, co. Berkshire, granted the style and precedence of the younger son of an Earl by Royal Warrant 1992 (b. 5 Jun 1954), mar. 1982 Sophie Scarisbrick, only dau. of Peter Ewald Scarisbrick, and has issue:

1c. Alice Victoria Mary Hastings-Bass (b. 1983)

2c. Lily Frances Mary Hastings-Bass (b. 1986)

1b. Lady Emma Alice Mary Hastings later Hastings-Bass, granted the style and precedence of the daughter of an Earl by Royal Warrant 1992 (b. 28 Jan 1949), mar. 25 Aug 1969 Ian Anthony Balding LVO, son of Gerald Balding, of Weyhill House, Andover, co. Hampshire, and has issue

1a. Diana Wilmot Hastings (b. 9 Dec 1914)

2a. Joan Hastings (b. 24 Apr 1917), mar. (1) 5 Sep 1942 Thomas Frank Bartlett, only son of T H Bartlett, of Surbiton, co. Middlesex, and (2) 21 Jun 1948 Kenneth Porter, of Long Island, New York, USA (d. 1986), son of Kenneth Porter, of Rockville Center, Long Island, New York, USA, and has issue by her second husband

3a. Aubreen Heather Hastings (b. 16 Jul 1920; d. 1967), mar. 6 May 1946 Lloyd Weinberger, of Long Island, New York, USA, son of Harry S Weinberger, of New Jersey, New York, USA

1. Lady Constance Wilmot Annie Hastings (b. 10 Jul 1870; d. 25 Aug 1922), mar. 17 Apr 1890 Maj Sir Thomas Edward Sabine Pasley, 3rd Bt., and had issue

2. Lady Ileene Frances Cairnes Hastings (b. 20 May 1872; d. 15 Jun 1946), mar. 15 Nov 1893 Lt Col Colin George Pelham Campbell, of Stonefield, co. Argyll (d. 8 Feb 1955), and had issue

3. Lady Ierne Louisa Arundel Hastings (b. 29 Oct 1874; d. 5 Jan 1935), mar. 10 Jun 1896 as his first wife John Sackville Richard [Tufton], 2nd Baron Hothfield, and had issue

4. Lady Rowena Grace Marion Selina Hastings (b. 2 Feb 1879; d. 5 Sep 1944), mar. 29 Jul 1901 Graham Paterson (d. 22 Mar 1938), son of William Paterson, and had issue

5. Lady Wilmot Ida Noreen Hastings (b. 5 Aug 1880; dsp. 25 May 1949), mar. 9 Jun 1903 Sir William Arthur Hamar Bass, 2nd Bt. (d. 28 Feb 1952)

died

20 May 1885

suc. by

son

note

Provincial Master of the Midland Counties Masonic Order; Sheriff of Waterford 1865

Warner Francis John Plantagenet [Hastings], 15th Earl of Huntingdon

born

8 Jul 1868

mar.

11 Jun 1892 Maud Margaret Wilson (d. 26 Dec 1953), 2nd dau. of Sir Samuel Wilson MP, of Ercildoune, Victoria, Australia, by his wife Jean Campbell, dau. of Hon William Campbell MLC, of Victoria, Australia

children

1. Hon Francis John Clarence Westenra Plantagenet Hastings, later 16th Earl of Huntingdon

1. Lady Maud Kathleen Cairnes Plantagenet Hastings (b. 28 Mar 1893; d. 8 Feb 1965), mar. 28 Jul 1916 William Montagu Curzon-Herrick

2. Lady Norah Frances Hastings (b. 12 Sep 1894; d. 1985), mar. 10 Feb 1920 Francis Charles Adelbert Henry [Needham], 4th Earl of Kilmorey, and had issue

3. Lady Marian Ileene Mabel Hastings (b. 15 Sep 1895; d. 22 Apr 1947), mar. (1) 16 Jul 1918 Capt Patrick Keith Cameron (d. 8 Feb 1933), 1st son of Keith Cameron, and (2) 1943 Capt John Walter Wilson Bridges (d. 4 Aug 1952), only son of Rear Admiral Walter Bogue Bridges, of Birch, co. Essex, and has issue by her first husband

died

5 Apr 1939

suc. by

son

note

Page of Honour at the Vice-Regal Court 1880-81

Francis John Clarence Westenra Plantagenet [Hastings], 16th Earl of Huntingdon

born

30 Jan 1901

mar. (1)

21 Oct 1925 (div. 1943) Cristina (d. 22 Mar 1953), dau. of the Marques Casati, of Rome

only child by first wife

1. Lady Moorea Hastings (b. 4 Mar 1928), mar. (1) 22 Jun 1957 (div. 1966) as his second wife Woodrow Lyle [Wyatt], Baron Wyatt of Weeford (Life Peer), and (2) 11 Jan 1967 Brinsley Graham Black, son of Percy Irvine Victor Black, of Hampstead, London, and has issue by both husbands

mar. (2)

1 Feb 1944 Margaret Wallace (former wife of Bryan Wallace;  d. 1994), dau. of Henry George Lane, of Vernham Dean, Andover

children by second wife

2. Lady Selina Shirley Hastings (b. 5 Mar 1945)

3. Lady (Caroline) Harriet Hastings (b. 12 Jun 1946), mar. 6 Jun 1970 Hon Charles Edward Ernest Shackleton (d. 1979), only son of Edward Arthur Alexander [Shackleton], 1st Baron Shackleton, and has issue

died

s.p.m. 24 Aug 1990

suc. by

cousin

William Edward Robin Hood [Hastings-Bass], 17th Earl of Huntingdon

born

30 Jan 1948

mar.

1989 (div. 2001) Susan Mary Gavin Warner, dau. of John Jellicoe Pelham Francis Warner, son of Sir Pelham Warner MBE

The heir presumptive to the Earldom of Huntingdon is Hon John Peter Robin Hood Hastings-Bass, a great-grandson of the 14th Earl of Huntingdon and younger brother of the present Earl

 Last updated 29 Jan 2018

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Title:

17th Earl of Huntingdon

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