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Francis Hastings (other)
Francis Hastings may refer to: * Francis Hastings (died 1595) (1560–1595), MP for Leicestershire * Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon (1514–1561), son of Henry VIII's mistress, Anne Stafford * Sir Francis Hastings (died 1610) (c. 1545–1610), his son, Member of Parliament for Leicestershire and Somerset * Francis Hastings Doyle (1810–1888), British poet * Francis Hastings of Madras (died 1721), British president of Madras * Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon (1729–1789), British peer * Francis Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon (1901–1990), British artist, academic and Labour politician * Francis Hastings, Lord Hastings (1560–1595), son of the 4th Earl of Huntingdon See also * Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754–1826), Anglo-Irish British politician and military officer * Frank Hastings Frank Hastings is a fictional detective in the Homicide Detail of the San Francisco Police Department, who is the main character in a police ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Hastings (died 1595)
Francis Hastings (1560–1595), of Old Place, near Ashby Castle, Leicestershire, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ... in 1593. References 1560 births 1595 deaths Members of the Parliament of England for Leicestershire People from Ashby-de-la-Zouch English MPs 1593 {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl Of Huntingdon
Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, KG (151420 June 1561) was the eldest son of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon, the ex-mistress of Henry VIII. His maternal first cousins included Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford and Henry Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Sussex. He was born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. He was tutored by John Leland during his youth. His mother, Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon had an affair with Henry VIII in 1510, the discovery of which led her husband to remove her to a convent and her brother to leave court in a rage, refusing to stay under Henry's roof. As late as 1513, Anne was the courtier who received the second most expensive New Year's gift from Henry, indicating that their relationship continued until then. However, there are no contemporary references to the possibility of Francis being an illegitimate son of the Tudor monarch. His father was created the first Earl of Huntingdon b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Hastings (died 1610)
Sir Francis Hastings (c. 1546–1610) was an English Puritan politician. Hastings was a skilful parliamentarian, and excellent committee man, and schooled in the importance of religion in political discourse. A published author, highly intelligent, Hastings showed he was a dutiful, and obedient servant of the Crown. Opinionated, dogmatic and determined, Hastings could oppose as a matter of principle, but would never betray the monarch. Hastings was a prolific and hard-working MP requested for many offices, and never out of favour. Despite being from a noble family he thrived on the cut and thrust of Commons procedure; perspicacious, insightful he tried to achieve a balance of power. Early life He was the fifth and youngest son of the 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine, daughter of Henry, 1st Baron Montagu. His older brothers were Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon. Francis was educated Magdalen College, Oxford before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Hastings Doyle
Sir Francis Hastings Charles Doyle, 2nd Baronet (21 August 1810 – 8 June 1888) was a British poet. Biography Doyle was born near Tadcaster, Yorkshire, to a military family which produced several distinguished officers, including his father, Major-General Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, 1st Baronet, who was created a baronet in 1828. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1839. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with a degree in classics in 1831. Studying law, he was called to the Bar in 1837, but his interestes were chiefly literary. Among his friends was William Gladstone, at whose marriage he assisted as best man, but in later life their political opinions widely differed. Later he held various high fiscal appointments, becoming in 1869 Commissioner of Customs. In 1834 he published ''Miscellaneous Verses'', followed by '' Two Destinies'' (1844), '' Oedipus, King of Thebes'' (1849), and ''Return of the Guards'' (1866). He was ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Hastings Of Madras
Francis Hastings was a British administrator and a factor of the British East India Company who functioned as the President of Madras from 18 January 1720 to 15 October 1721. Tenure as President of Madras Hastings' Presidency which lasted a year and a half. On 19 February 1720, a Havildar had stopped a consignment of goods belonging to the British East India Company from passing through the village of Egmore and arrested the transporters. When the news reach the Directors the next morning, a dubash and later, the Company's chief peon were dispatched to negotiate with the Havildar. But when the Chief peon approached the Havildar, a struggle broke out between the peons and 50 of the Havildar's supporters in which the Chief peon shot dead the Havildar and 2 of his supporters. The chief peon was commended for his act by the President. However, these incidents and other misgivings were thoroughly investigated by Hastings' successor James Macrae. Hastings regarded the ''Chett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Hastings, 10th Earl Of Huntingdon
Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon PC (13 March 1729 – 2 October 1789) was a British peer and politician. Life He was the eldest of seven children of the 9th Earl of Huntingdon and his wife, Lady Selina, a leader of the Methodist evangelical revival. Hastings was eighteen when he succeeded as Earl of Huntingdon and Baron Botreaux on his father's demise in 1746. The earl never married but did father an illegitimate son, Charles, by a Parisian girl named Mademoiselle Lany, a dancer at the Opera whilst on his Grand Tour with his friend David Murray, 7th Viscount Stormont in 1747 (which was sponsored by the 4th Earl of Chesterfield). In August 1752, Huntingdon left Paris for Spain, where his self-importance irritated the British minister, Sir Benjamin Keene. He visited Gibraltar (April 1753) and Lisbon (May 1753) before returning to England in early July 1753. The following July, he left England for a second, two-year tour of the continent. In Italy, he studied ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Hastings, 16th Earl Of Huntingdon
Francis John Clarence Westenra Plantagenet Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon (30 January 1901 – 24 August 1990), styled ''Viscount Hastings'' until 1939, was a British artist, academic, and later a Labour parliamentarian. Background and education The son and heir of Warner Hastings, 15th Earl of Huntingdon, by his wife Maud Margaret (née Wilson), he was educated at Eton College, Christ Church, Oxford, and the Slade School of Art, London. At Oxford, in 1922, he represented its Polo Varsity Team. Artistic and academic career Huntingdon was a pupil of the Mexican mural painter Diego Rivera and held exhibitions notably in London, Paris, Chicago and San Francisco. He was also appointed a professor at the Camberwell College of Arts and the Central School of Arts & Crafts, London. He later served as chairman of the Society of Mural Painters between 1951 and 1958. Public life During the Second World War he was Deputy Controller of Defence of the Andover Rural District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Hastings, Lord Hastings
Francis Hastings, Lord Hastings (1560 – 17 December 1595) 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. They had five children: * Catherine, who married Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield, died 28 August 1636 * Henry, who succeeded his grandfather as Earl of Huntingdon. * Sir George Hastings * Captain Edward Hastings, died 1617 * Theodosia Hastings, married Sir Francis Bodenham. His widow, Sara or Sarah Harington (1565-1628), married Sir George Kingsmill, then Edward 11th Baron Zouche, and finally, Sir Thomas Edmondes. Her portrait was painted by Isaac Oliver and by Cornelius Johnson. The portraits by Johnson show her aged 63 wearing a large miniature case referring to Frederick V of the Palatinate with the Greek letter "phi". A similar miniature case was described in an inventory of a Scottish soldier. Britain's Real Monarch In Britain's Real Monarch ''Britain' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess Of Hastings
Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, (9 December 175428 November 1826), styled The Honourable Francis Rawdon from birth until 1762, Lord Rawdon between 1762 and 1783, The Lord Rawdon from 1783 to 1793 and The Earl of Moira between 1793 and 1816, was an Anglo-Irish politician and military officer who served as Governor-General of India from 1813 to 1823. He had also served with British forces for years during the American Revolutionary War and in 1794 during the War of the First Coalition. He took the additional surname "Hastings" in 1790 in compliance with the will of his maternal uncle, Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon.Beevor, p. 58. Background, education and early military career Hastings was born at Moira, County Down, the son of John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira and Elizabeth Hastings, 13th Baroness Hastings, who was a daughter of the 9th Earl of Huntingdon. He was baptised at St. Audoen's Church, Dublin, on 2 January 1755. He grew up in Moira an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
