George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon
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Sir George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon (1540 – 30 December 1604) 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
and older brother of Francis Hastings (died 1610)
. He succeeded Henry as the 4th Earl.
He was High Sheriff of Leicestershire
in 1571 and knight of the shire (MP) for Derbyshire
in 1562 and Leicestershire
in 1584-87. He was invested as a knight in 1565. They lived at Gopsall and then Loughborough, both in Leicestershire.
He was succeeded by his grandson Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon
.
, daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Port of Etwall, Derbyshire. They had five children:
Through Francis, George was a 12th-generation ancestor of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
.
He was a son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon
Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon
Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, KG was the eldest son of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon, the ex-mistress of Henry VIII....
and Catherine Pole. He was a younger brother of Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon
Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon
Sir Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, KG KB was the eldest son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole.-Ancestry:...
and older brother of Francis Hastings (died 1610)
Francis Hastings (died 1610)
Sir Francis Hastings was an English Puritan politician.He was the fifth and youngest son of the 2nd Earl of Huntingdon. His older brothers were Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon....
. He succeeded Henry as the 4th Earl.
He was High Sheriff of Leicestershire
High Sheriff of Leicestershire
This is a list of High Sheriffs of Leicestershire. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred...
in 1571 and knight of the shire (MP) for Derbyshire
Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Derbyshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the 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...
in 1562 and Leicestershire
Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
Leicestershire was a county constituency in Leicestershire, represented in the House of Commons. It elected two Members of Parliament , traditionally called Knights of the Shire, by the bloc vote system of election, to the Parliament of England until 1707, to the Parliament of Great Britain from...
in 1584-87. He was invested as a knight in 1565. They lived at Gopsall and then Loughborough, both in Leicestershire.
He was succeeded by his grandson Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon
Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon
Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon was a prominent English nobleman and literary patron in England during the first half of the seventeenth century.-Life:...
.
Marriage
George married Dorothy PortJohn Port (the younger)
Sir John Port 'the Younger' was an English Knight of the Bath and Justice of the Common Pleas. He founded Repton School, an almshouse at Etwall and also has a secondary school named after him.-Biography:...
, daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Port of Etwall, Derbyshire. They had five children:
- Francis Hastings, Baron HastingsFrancis Hastings, Baron HastingsFrancis Hastings, Lord Hastings was the son of George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon and Dorothy Port. He married Sarah Harington, daughter of Sir James Harington and Lucy Sydney...
(1560 - 1595), who was father to Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of HuntingdonHenry Hastings, 5th Earl of HuntingdonHenry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon was a prominent English nobleman and literary patron in England during the first half of the seventeenth century.-Life:...
. - Henry Hastings (1562 - 5 October 1650).
- Sir Edward Hastings.
- Catherine Hastings. Married first Sir Walter Chetmynd and secondly Sir Edward Unton. Her second husband was a son of Edward Unton and Anne Seymour. Anne was a daughter of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of SomersetEdward Seymour, 1st Duke of SomersetEdward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Viscount Beauchamp of Hache, KG, Earl Marshal was Lord Protector of England in the period between the death of Henry VIII in 1547 and his own indictment in 1549....
and Anne StanhopeAnne StanhopeAnne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset was the second wife of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, who held the office of Lord Protector during the first part of the reign of his nephew King Edward VI, through whom Anne was briefly the most powerful woman in England...
. - Dorothy Hastings. Married first Robert Dillon and secondly James Stewart.
Through Francis, George was a 12th-generation ancestor of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...
.