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Earl of Huntingdon is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England
Peerage of England

The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union 1707 in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Peerage of Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain....
. The title is chiefly associated with the Hastings family. Sir William Hastings
William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings

William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings became one of the great powers of the England realm during the reign of Edward IV of England, but was executed to prevent him from opposing the usurpation of his one-time companion, Richard III of England....
 (c. 1430-1483) served as Lord Chamberlain
Lord Chamberlain

The Lord Chamberlain or Lord Chamberlain of the Household is one of the chief officers of the Royal Household in the United Kingdom, and is to be distinguished from the Lord Great Chamberlain, one of the Great Officer of State....
 and as Ambassador to France. On 26 July, 1461, he was summoned to Parliament as Baron Hastings, of Ashby de la Zouche.






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Earl of Huntingdon is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England
Peerage of England

The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union 1707 in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Peerage of Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain....
. The title is chiefly associated with the Hastings family. Sir William Hastings
William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings

William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings became one of the great powers of the England realm during the reign of Edward IV of England, but was executed to prevent him from opposing the usurpation of his one-time companion, Richard III of England....
 (c. 1430-1483) served as Lord Chamberlain
Lord Chamberlain

The Lord Chamberlain or Lord Chamberlain of the Household is one of the chief officers of the Royal Household in the United Kingdom, and is to be distinguished from the Lord Great Chamberlain, one of the Great Officer of State....
 and as Ambassador to France. On 26 July, 1461, he was summoned to Parliament as Baron Hastings, of Ashby de la Zouche. The title, which is in the Peerage of England, was created by writ
Writ of summons

A Writ of Summons may be* Hereditary peer#Writs of summons--a writ that enables a peer to sit in Parliament.* A Writ of summons is a document instituting legal proceedings, see Summons....
, which means that it can descend through both male and female lines. Lord Hastings was beheaded on Tower Hill
Tower Hill

Tower Hill is an elevated spot north-west of the Tower of London, just outside the limits of the City of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets....
 in 1483. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He married Mary, daughter of Robert Hungerford, 3rd Baron Hungerford and 2nd Baron de Moleyns, who had been attainted
Attainder

In English criminal law, attainder or attinctura is the metaphorical 'stain' or 'corruption of blood' which arises from being condemned for a serious capital crime ....
 in 1461. Mary managed to obtain a reversal of the attainders of the baronies of Hungerford
Baron Hungerford

The Barony of Hungerford was created in the Peerage of England on January 7 1426 for Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford, who was summoned to parliament, had been Member of Parliament, Speaker of the House of Commons and invested as Knight of the Order of the Garter before and was made Lord High Treasurer one year before he became a peer....
, de Moleyns and Botreaux
Baron Botreaux

Baron Botreaux is a title in the Peerage of England, created in 1368.The title was created by Hereditary peer#Writs of summons, by Edward III of England to William de Botreaux, 1st Baron Botreaux in 1368....
. In 1482, one year before the death of his father, her husband was summoned to Parliament in her right as Lord Hungerford.

They were both succeeded by their son George Hastings, 3rd Baron Hastings, 5th Baron Hungerford, 6th Baron Botreaux and 4th Baron de Moleyns. He fought in the French Wars of Henry VIII
Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was also Lordship of Ireland and claimant to the Early Modern France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII of England....
. In 1529 the King created him Earl of Huntingdon in the Peerage of England. His eldest son, the second Earl, was a Lieutenant-General and served as Commander-in-Chief of the Army. Lord Huntingdon married Katherine, daughter and co-heiress of Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu
Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu

Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu was most famous as one of the Peerage of England in the trial of Anne Boleyn. He was the oldest son of Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury and Sir Richard Pole....
, son of Sir Richard Pole and Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury
Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury

Margaret Pole , 8th Countess of Salisbury was an England peerage, the daughter of the George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, a brother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England....
, daughter and sole heiress of George, Duke of Clarence
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence

George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence was the third son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the brother of kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England....
, brother of King Edward IV
Edward IV of England

Edward IV was Kingdom of England from 4 March 1461 until 2 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death....
. On his death the titles passed to his son, the third Earl. He was heir presumptive
Heir Presumptive

An heir presumptive is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honor, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir apparent or of a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the throne....
 to the crown through his mother. Lord Huntingdon was one of the custodians of Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary I of Scotland

Mary I was Queen of Scots from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567.She was the only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland. She was only six days old when her father died and left her Queen of Scots....
, and also served as President of the Council of the North
Council of the North

The Council of the North was an administrative body originally set up in 1485 by king Richard III of England, the last House of York monarch to hold the Crown of England; its intention was to improve government control and economic prosperity, to benefit the entire area of Northern England....
. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Earl. He represented Derbyshire
Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Derbyshire is a former United Kingdom Parliament of the United Kingdom constituency. It was a United Kingdom constituencies of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832....
 and Leicestershire
Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

Leicestershire was a county constituency in Leicestershire, represented in the British House of Commons. It elected two Member of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election, to the Parliament of England until Act of Union 1707, to the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 until Act of Union 1800, and then to Parliament of the United Kin...
 in the House of Commons
British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
 and served as Lord-Lieutenant of Rutland and Leicestershire.

When he died the titles passed to his grandson, the fifth Earl. He was the son of Francis Hastings, Lord Hastings (d. 1595). Lord Huntingdon was also Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire and Rutland. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the sixth Earl. He sat as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 for Leicestershire. His son, the seventh Earl, served as Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire and Derbyshire. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the eighth Earl. He carried the Sceptre
Sceptre

A sceptre or scepter is a symbolic ornamental Staff held by a ruling monarch, a prominent item of royal regalia. While some sceptres resemble a Ceremonial mace, their use is quite different....
 at the Coronation of Queen Anne
Anne of Great Britain

Anne became Queen of England, Queen of Scots and Kingdom of Ireland on 8 March 1702, succeeding her brother-in-law, William III of England. Her Roman Catholic father, James II of England, was Glorious Revolution in 1688/9; her brother-in-law and her sister then became joint monarchs as William III & II and Mary II of England, the only such c...
 but died at an early age. He was succeeded by his half-brother, the ninth Earl. He carried the Sword of State
Sword of State

A sword of state is a sword, used as part of the regalia, symbolizing the power of a monarch to use the might of the state against its enemies, and their duty to preserve thus right and peace....
 at the Coronation of King George II
George II of Great Britain

George II was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-L?neburg and Prince-elector#High Offices and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death....
. His son, the tenth Earl, was a courtier and notably served as Master of the Horse
Master of the Horse

The Master of the Horse was a historical position of varying importance in several European nations....
. He had no legitimate male issue and on his death in 1789 the earldom became dormant. He was succeeded in the baronies of Hastings, Hungerford, de Moleyns and Botreaux by his sister Lady Elizabeth
Elizabeth Rawdon, Countess of Moira

Elizabeth Rawdon, Countess of Moira, 16th Baroness Botreaux, 15th Baroness Hungerford, 13th Baroness de Moleyns, 13th Baroness Hastings and 12th Baroness Hastings was a literary patron and antiquarian....
, wife of John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira
John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira

John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira was an Irish peerage. He was the only son of Sir John Rawdon, 3rd Baronet and Dorothy Levinge.He married, firstly, Helena Perceval, daughter of John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont and Lady Catherine Parker, on 10 November 1741....
.

The earldom was assumed by the late Earl's distant relative (his fifth cousin once removed) Reverend Theophilus Henry Hastings. He was the great-great-great-grandson of Sir Edward Hastings (d. 1603), younger son of the second Earl. He is by some sources considered as the de jure
De jure

De jure is an expression that means "concerning law", as contrasted with de facto, which means "concerning fact".The terms de jure and de facto are used instead of "in principle" and "in practice", respectively, when one is describing politics or legal situations....
 eleventh Earl while some sources do not include him in the numbering of the Earls. On his death the claim passed to his nephew Hans Francis Hastings, son of George Hastings. He was allowed to take his seat in the House of Lords as the Earl of Huntingdon in 1819. Depending on the sources he is numbered as the eleventh or twelfth Earl. Lord Huntingdon served as Governor of Jamaica from 1822 to 1824. His great-great-grandson (the titles having descended from father to son), the sixteenth (or fifteenth Earl), was an artist, academic and Labour
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
 politician. He died without male issue in 1990 and was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, the seventeenth (or sixteenth) and (as of 2007) present holder of the title. He is the eldest son of Captain Peter Robin Hood Hastings Bass (1920-1964) (who assumed the additional surname of Bass, which was that of his father-in-law, Sir William Bass, 2nd Baronet
Sir William Bass, 2nd Baronet

Sir William Arthur Hamar Bass, 2nd Baronet was a British racehorse owner and a significant contributor to the racing industry. He also provided support for the British film industry in its early days....
, by deed poll
Deed poll

A deed poll is a Law document binding only to a single person or several persons acting jointly to express an active intention. It is, strictly speaking, not a contract because it binds only one party and expresses an intention instead of a promise....
 in 1954), son of Aubrey Craven Theophilus Robin Hood Hastings (1878-1929), younger son of the fourteenth Earl.

Several other members of the Hastings family may be mentioned. The Hon. Edward Hastings, third son of the first Earl, was created Baron Hastings of Loughborough in 1558. The Hon. Henry Hastings
Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough

Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough was an England Cavalier army commander in the Midlands during the English Civil War.The fifth child and second son of Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon and Lady Elizabeth Stanley....
, second son of the fifth Earl, was created Baron Loughborough in 1643. Lucy Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
Lucy Hastings

Lucy Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon was a seventeenth-century English poet.Born Lucy Davies, she was the daughter of Sir John Davies of Englefield, Berkshire , a prominent courtier in the reigns of James I of England and Charles I of England and himself a poet; her mother was notorious as the "mad prophetess" Dame Eleanor Davies ....
, wife of the sixth Earl, was a poet. Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon

Selina, Countess of Huntingdon was an England religion leader who played a prominent part in the religious revival of the eighteenth century and the Methodist movement in England and Wales....
, wife of the ninth Earl, was a Methodist
Methodism

Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by John Wesley and his younger brother Charles Wesley that sought to keep Methodism as a Revivalism movement within the Church of England....
 leader and the founder of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion
Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion

The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion is a small society of evangelicalism churches, founded in 1783 by Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon as a result of the Revivalism#History_of_Christian_revival....
. The Hon. George Fowler Hastings, second son of the twelfth (or eleventh) Earl, was a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy
Royal Navy

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
. Alexander Plantagenet Hastings (1843-1928), son of Captain the Hon. Edward Plantagenet Robin Hood Hastings (1818-1857), third son of the twelfth (or eleventh) Earl, was an Admiral
Admiral

Admiral is the military rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above Vice Admiral and below Admiral of the Fleet/Fleet Admiral....
 in the Royal Navy. His son Edward George Godolphin Hastings (1887-1973) was a Captain
Captain (naval)

Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navy to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The Naval officer ranks#NATO Rank Codes is OF-5, equivalent to an army full colonel....
 in the Royal Navy.

The Earl possesses no subsidiary titles, but his eldest son uses the invented courtesy title
Courtesy title

A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of nobility used by children, former wives and other close relatives of a peerage . These style are used 'by courtesy' in the sense that the users do not themselves hold substantive titles....
 of Viscount Hastings to avoid confusion, there already being a Baron Hastings
Baron Hastings

Baron Hastings is a title that has been created three times. The first creation was in the Peerage of England in 1295, and is still extant. The second creation was in the Peerage of England in 1299, and became extinct on the death of the first holder in c....
.

The family seat of the present line is at Hodcott House, near West Ilsley
West Ilsley

West Ilsley is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England....
, in Berkshire
Berkshire

Berkshire is a Home Counties in the South East England of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1958, and Letters patent issued confirming...
.

In fiction, the English folk-hero Robin Hood
Robin Hood

Robin Hood is an archetype figure in English folklore, whose story originates from Middle Ages times but who remains significant in popular culture where he is known for robbing the rich to give to the poor and fighting against injustice and tyranny....
 is sometimes described as Robert, Earl of Huntingdon.

Earls in for the Honour of Huntingdon, First Creation (1065)

  • Waltheof (d. 1076)
  • Maud, Countess of Huntingdon
    • m. Simon I de Senlis
    • m. David I of Scotland
      David I of Scotland

      David I or Dabhidh Mac Maol Chaluim was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians and later List of monarchs of Scotland . The youngest son of Maol Chaluim Mac Donnchaidh and Saint Margaret of Scotland, David spent most of his childhood in Scotland, but was exiled to England temporarily in 1093....
  • Henry of Scotland
  • Simon II de Senlis
  • Malcolm IV, King of Scots
    Malcolm IV of Scotland

    Malcolm IV , nicknamed Virgo, "the Maiden" , King of Scots, was the eldest son of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and Ada de Warenne....
  • William I, King of Scots
    William I of Scotland

    William I , known as the Lion or Garbh, "the Rough", reigned as King of Scots from 1165 to 1214. His reign was the second longest in Scottish history before the Acts of Union 1707 with England in 1707, ....
  • Simon III de Senlis
  • David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon (d. 1219)
  • John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon


Earls of Huntingdon, Second Creation (1337)

  • William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon
    William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon

    William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Lord High Admiral, was the younger son of Baron John Clinton of Maxstoke and Ida De Odingsells, who was a great-great-granddaughter of Henry II of England....
     (1304-1354)


Earls of Huntingdon, Third Creation (1377)

  • Guichard d'Angle, Earl of Huntingdon (d. 1380) (Life Peerage)


Earls of Huntingdon, Fourth Creation (1388)

  • John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter
    John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter

    John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter , also Earl of Huntingdon, was an English nobleman, primarily remembered for helping cause the downfall of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester and then for conspiring against Henry IV of England....
     (1350-1400) (forfeit 1400)
  • John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter
    John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter

    John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter Knight of the Garter was an England nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War....
     (1395-1447) (restored 1439)
  • Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter
    Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter

    Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter was a House of Lancaster leader during the English Wars of the Roses. He was the only son of John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter and his first wife Lady Anne Stafford....
     (1430-1475) (forfeit 1461)


Earls of Huntingdon, Fifth Creation (1471)

  • see Marquess of Dorset
    Marquess of Dorset

    The title Marquess of Dorset has been created three times in the Peerage of England. It was first created in 1397 for John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, but he lost the title two years later....
    , third creation


Earls of Huntingdon, Sixth Creation (1479)

  • William Herbert, 1st Earl of Huntingdon
    William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

    William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke , was the son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Anne Devereux. His maternal grandparents were Walter Devereux , Lord Chancellor of Ireland and Elizabeth Merbury....
     (1451–1491)


Baron Hastings (1461)

  • William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
    William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings

    William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings became one of the great powers of the England realm during the reign of Edward IV of England, but was executed to prevent him from opposing the usurpation of his one-time companion, Richard III of England....
     (c. 1430-1483
  • Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings (c. 1464-1506)
  • George Hastings, 3rd Baron Hastings
    George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon

    George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon was the son of Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings and Mary Hastings, 5th Baroness Botreaux. George Hastings was created the first Earl of Huntingdon by Henry VIII of England on 3 November, 1529....
     (1488-1544) (created Earl of Huntingdon in 1529)


Earls of Huntingdon, Seventh Creation (1529)

  • George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon
    George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon

    George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon was the son of Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings and Mary Hastings, 5th Baroness Botreaux. George Hastings was created the first Earl of Huntingdon by Henry VIII of England on 3 November, 1529....
     (1488-1544)
  • Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon
    Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon

    Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon was the eldest son of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon, the ex-mistress of Henry VIII....
     (1514-1560)
  • Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon
    Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon

    Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon was the eldest son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole....
     (1536-1595)
  • George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon
    George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon

    George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon was an English nobleman.He was a son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole. He was a younger brother of Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon....
     (1540-1604)
  • Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon
    Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon

    Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon was a prominent England nobleman and literary patron in England during the first half of the seventeenth century....
     (1586-1643)
  • Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon
    Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon

    Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon was the son of Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon and Lady Elizabeth Stanley, the daughter of Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby and Alice Spencer....
     (1609-1656)
  • Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon
    Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon

    Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon Privy Council of England was an English politician. He was the son of Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon, born in the 27th year of his parents' marriage, and became Earl of Huntingdon on 13 February 1656 on his father's death....
     (1650-1701)
  • George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon
    George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon

    George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon was the son of Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon and Elizabeth Lewis. He succeeded his father in 1701 and died on 22 February 1705, unmarried....
     (1677-1705)
  • Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon (1696-1746)
  • Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon
    Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon

    Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom peerage; the son of the Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon and his wife, Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon....
     (1729-1789) (dormant)
  • Theophilus Henry Hastings, de jure 11th Earl of Huntingdon (1728-1804)
  • Hans Francis Hastings, 12th Earl of Huntingdon
    Hans Hastings, 12th Earl of Huntingdon

    Post Captain Hans Francis Hastings, 12th Earl of Huntingdon was a British Royal Navy officer.Hastings, the fourth and only surviving son of George Hastings and his wife, Sarah was born in London....
     (1779-1828) (confirmed in title 1819)
  • Francis Theophilus Henry Hastings, 13th Earl of Huntingdon (1808-1875)
  • Francis Power Plantagenet Hastings, 14th Earl of Huntingdon (1841-1885)
  • Warner Francis John Plantagenet Hastings, 15th Earl of Huntingdon (1868-1939)
  • Francis John Clarence Westenra Plantagenet Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon
    Francis Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon

    Francis John Clarence Westenra Plantagenet Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon , known as Viscount Hastings until 1939, was a United Kingdom artist, academic and Labour Party politician....
     (1901-1990)
  • William Edward Robin Hood Hastings-Bass, 17th Earl of Huntingdon (b. 1948)


The Heir Presumptive
Heir Presumptive

An heir presumptive is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honor, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir apparent or of a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the throne....
 is the present holder's younger brother the Hon. Simon Aubrey Robin Hood Hastings Bass (b. 1950)

The Heir Presumptive's Heir Presumptive is his younger brother the Hon. John Hastings-Bass (b. 1954)

See also

  • Baron Hastings
    Baron Hastings

    Baron Hastings is a title that has been created three times. The first creation was in the Peerage of England in 1295, and is still extant. The second creation was in the Peerage of England in 1299, and became extinct on the death of the first holder in c....
  • Baron Hungerford
    Baron Hungerford

    The Barony of Hungerford was created in the Peerage of England on January 7 1426 for Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford, who was summoned to parliament, had been Member of Parliament, Speaker of the House of Commons and invested as Knight of the Order of the Garter before and was made Lord High Treasurer one year before he became a peer....
  • Baron Botreaux
    Baron Botreaux

    Baron Botreaux is a title in the Peerage of England, created in 1368.The title was created by Hereditary peer#Writs of summons, by Edward III of England to William de Botreaux, 1st Baron Botreaux in 1368....
  • Baron de Moleyns