Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon PC

Privy Council of England

The Privy Council of England, also known as His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, was a body of advisers to the sovereign of the Kingdom of England...

 (10 December 1650 – 30 May 1701) was an English politician. He was the son of 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...

, born in the 27th year of his parents' marriage, and became Earl of Huntingdon

Earl of Huntingdon

Earl of Huntingdon is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England. The title is associated with the ruling house of Scotland, and latterly with the Hastings family.-Early history:...

 on 13 February 1656 on his father's death. He married, firstly, Elizabeth Lewis, daughter of Sir John Lewis, 1st Baronet

Lewis Baronets

There have been seven Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Lewis, two in the Baronetage of England and five in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom...

, on 19 February 1671. He married, secondly, Mary Frances Fowler, daughter of Francis Leveson Fowler, on 8 May 1690. With his first wife he had two children, Elizabeth and George

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 of malignant fever on 22 February 1704/5, aged 27, unmarried....

. With his second wife he had another son, Theophilus

Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon

Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon was the son of Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon and Mary Frances Fowler. He married Lady Selina Shirley, daughter of Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers and Mary Levinge, on 3 June 1728.There is a monument to him in St Helen's Church,...

 and two daughters, Catherine Maria and Margaret.

Hastings initially showed some animus toward Roman Catholics and a sympathy for the Duke of Monmouth

James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth

James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, KG, PC , was an English nobleman. Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II and his mistress, Lucy Walter...

, but he later reconciled to King James II

James II of England

James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...

, who appointed him to several positions. After the Glorious Revolution

Glorious Revolution

The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, is the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau...

, he remained in England but was hostile to William III

William III of England

William III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland...

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