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Thomas Hastings
Thomas Hastings may refer to: *Thomas Hastings (colonist) (1605–1685), English immigrant to New England *Thomas Hastings (composer) (1784–1872), American composer, primarily of hymn tunes *Thomas Hastings (cricketer) (1865–1938), Australian cricketer *Thomas Hastings (Royal Navy officer) (1790–1870), British artist, innovator, instructor, and Royal Navy officer *Thomas Horace Hastings, namesake of Hastings, Florida *Thomas Hastings (architect) (1860–1929), American architect *Thomas N. Hastings (1858–1907), American politician and architect *Thomas Hastings (priest) (1733–1794), clergyman in the Church of Ireland *Thomas Hastings (MP), Member of Parliament for Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency), Leicestershire See also *Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings (died 1455), Knight of the Garter and English courtier *Hastings (name) {{hndis, Hastings, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hastings (colonist)
Thomas Hastings ( – c. September 15, 1685) was a prominent English immigrant to New England, one of the approximately 20,000 immigrants who came as part of the Great Migration. A deacon of the church, among his many public offices he served on the Committee of Colony Assessments in 1640 and as Deputy for Watertown to the General Court of Massachusetts in 1673. He held property in nearby Dedham between 1636 and 1639, although there is no evidence that he ever lived there. Background and family Hastings and his wife Susan left Ipswich, Suffolk, on ''The Elizabeth'' on April 30, 1634. Although his home in England is unknown, the make-up of their ship's company strongly suggests that he was from East Anglia and perhaps from the counties of Suffolk or Norfolk. The only major genealogy to treat the family, ''The Hastings Memorial'' (Boston, 1866), states that he was of noble birth by descent from the illustrious family that included the Earl of Huntingdon line. He is not know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hastings (composer)
Thomas Hastings (15 October 1784 – 15 May 1872) was an American composer, primarily an author of hymn tunes of which the best known is "Toplady" for the hymn '' Rock of Ages''. He was born to Dr. Seth and Eunice (Parmele) Hastings in Washington, Connecticut. He was a 3rd great-grandson of Thomas Hastings who came from the East Anglia region of England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634. Life and career Hastings moved to Clinton, New York, as a youth and began his career as a singing teacher, being largely a self-taught musician. Hastings compiled the hymn book ''Spiritual Songs'' with Lowell Mason in 1831, which included his most well-known hymn "Rock of Ages." He then moved to New York City, where he served as a choir master for 40 years, from 1832 to 1872. Hastings was a prolific composer, writing some 1000 hymn tunes over his career, and what Mason calls the "simple, easy, and solemn" style of his music remains a major influence on the hymns of the Protestant c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hastings (cricketer)
Thomas Hastings (16 January 1865 – 14 June 1938) was an Australian cricketer. He played 15 first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1887 and 1909. Hastings was the first player batting at number 11 in to score a century in a first-class match, with 106 not out against South Australia at Melbourne in January 1903. See also * List of Victoria first-class cricketers This is a list of Victoria first-class cricketers. The Victoria cricket team have played first-class cricket since 1851, when they played the Tasmania cricket team at Launceston. Below is a chronological list of cricketers to have represented Vi ... References External links * 1865 births 1938 deaths Australian cricketers Victoria cricketers Cricketers from Melbourne People from the Colony of Victoria {{Australia-cricket-bio-1860s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hastings (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral Sir Thomas Hastings, KCB DL (25 Jan 1786 – 3 January 1870) was a British artist, innovator, instructor, and distinguished officer of the Royal Navy. He was renowned as an expert gunner, and some believe him to be the first officer to take a truly scientific approach to gunnery. Biography Hastings was born on 25 Jan 1786, the third son (and fifth child) of Rev. James Hastings (later Rector of Martley, Worcestershire) and Elizabeth (''née'' Paget). He was brother to Sir Charles Hastings (founder of the British Medical Association). Another brother, Francis Decimus Hastings (1796–1869), also served in the Royal Navy from the age of twelve, reaching the rank of Rear-Admiral in 1859 having been obliged to relinquish active service because of his wounds, hardships and length of service. While a lieutenant in 1812, he painted ''Storm at Sea''. On 29 April 1812, Hastings participated in an attack led by Captain Thomas Ussher on French privateers of Málaga, in wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hastings, Florida
Hastings is an unincorporated community and agricultural center in St. Johns County, Florida, United States, southwest of St. Augustine. It was formerly an incorporated town, but it was dissolved in 2018 after a vote by residents. The population was 580 at the 2010 census. As of 2018, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau to be 648. History Henry Morrison Flagler built tourist hotels at St. Augustine in the late 19th century, including the Ponce de León Hotel. He needed a local source of fresh vegetables for his guests, so he persuaded Thomas Horace Hastings, his cousin, to develop a farm. A small community evolved into a town, which was named for its founder in 1890. Hastings is known as the "Potato Capital of Florida" with of potato farms, but also produces cabbage, onions, eggplant and ornamental horticulture. Hastings in 1910 was thriving town that was a stop on the Florida East Coast Railway. The population of approximately 1,200 supported several ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hastings (architect)
Thomas Hastings (March 11, 1860 – October 22, 1929) was an American architect, a partner in the firm of Carrère and Hastings (active 1885–1929). Biography He was born in New York City to Thomas Samuel Hastings, a Presbyterian minister, and Fanny de Groot. Hastings came from a colonial Yankee background, his ancestor Thomas Hastings having come from the East Anglia region of England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634. Hastings's father was president of the Union Theological Seminary. His grandfather, also named Thomas Hastings, was the composer of the hymn ''Rock of Ages''. He married Helen Benedict of Greenwich, Connecticut. Hastings abandoned his college preparation courses to work with the chief designer at Herter Brothers, the premier New York furnishers and decorators. He later traveled to Paris to study in the atelier of Louis-Jules André, returned to the U.S. to found the firm of Carrère and Hastings with John Merven Carrère. Their first major commissio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas N
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) 1969 novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hastings (priest)
Thomas Hastings (1733-1794) was a clergyman in the Church of Ireland during the 18th century. Hastings was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was Precentor of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from 1781 to 1785; and Archdeacon of Dublin The Archdeacon of Dublin is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough. The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the Dublin part of the diocese, which is by far ... from 1785 until his death."Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland Vol II" Cotton, H pp131/2: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860 References Archdeacons of Dublin Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 18th-century Irish Anglican priests 1794 deaths 1733 births {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hastings (MP)
Thomas Hastings may refer to: *Thomas Hastings (colonist) (1605–1685), English immigrant to New England *Thomas Hastings (composer) (1784–1872), American composer, primarily of hymn tunes *Thomas Hastings (cricketer) (1865–1938), Australian cricketer *Thomas Hastings (Royal Navy officer) (1790–1870), British artist, innovator, instructor, and Royal Navy officer *Thomas Horace Hastings, namesake of Hastings, Florida *Thomas Hastings (architect) (1860–1929), American architect * Thomas N. Hastings (1858–1907), American politician and architect *Thomas Hastings (priest) (1733–1794), clergyman in the Church of Ireland *Thomas Hastings (MP), Member of Parliament for Leicestershire See also *Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings KG (c. 1396 – 13 February 1455) was an English courtier. William Camden called him ''vir egregius'', literally an "outstanding man". The Barony created in his name had no successors, and he had no male issu ... ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leicestershire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Leicestershire was a county constituency in Leicestershire, represented in the House of Commons. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs), 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 1707 until 1800, and then to Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1832. History The constituency was abolished by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, when it was replaced by the Northern and Southern divisions, each of which elected two MPs. Both divisions were abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when they were replaced by four new single-seat constituencies: Bosworth, Harborough, Loughborough Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and Loughborough University. At the 2011 census the town's built-up area had a population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo And Hastings
Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings KG (c. 1396 – 13 February 1455) was an English courtier. William Camden called him ''vir egregius'', literally an "outstanding man". The Barony created in his name had no successors, and he had no male issue, but four daughters by two marriages, three elder half-sisters and a younger half-brother. Having served in military command in Normandy, he was Chancellor of France to King Henry VI of England, assisted in the negotiations for peace with the King of France in 1442–1444, and was in personal attendance on Margaret of Anjou in France during the months preceding her marriage. A servant of the Lancastrian throne, by the death of his friend the Earl of Suffolk in 1450 he lost his distinguished patron, but did not live to see the triumphs of the Yorkist cause in 1455 and 1460. He was a direct ancestor of Anne Boleyn. Origins Parents He was the son of Sir Thomas Hoo (c. 1370-1420) of Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire (son of Sir William Hoo (1335â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
