Abney-Hastings is a double-barrelled surname created from the surnames Abney and

Hastings Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...

. The family is most notable for their royal heritage as the senior descendants of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, as explained in the BBC historical documentary, ''

Britain's Real Monarch ''Britain's Real Monarch'' is a historical documentary presented by Tony Robinson first shown on Channel 4 on 3 January 2004. It has also been broadcast in Australia and in the United States. The documentary discusses the descendants of George ...

'', presented by Tony Robinson. And historic tradition of reference for their family seat,

Loudoun Castle Loudoun Castle is a ruined 19th-century country house near Galston, in the Loudoun area of Ayrshire, Scotland. The ruins are protected as a category A listed building. History Loudoun Castle is the former home of the Mure-Campbell family. U ...

, a 19th-century country house near Galston, in the Loudoun area of

Ayrshire Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Re ...

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

. Which was referred to as, ''The Windsor of Scotland''. Notable people with this surname include: *

Barbara Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun Barbara Huddleston Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun (3 July 19191 November 2002), was a Scottish countess in her own right, and a member of the House of Lords. Lady Loudoun was the oldest daughter of Reginald Mowbray Chichester Huddlest ...

(1919–2002), British aristocrat *

Charles Abney Hastings Sir Charles Abney Hastings, 2nd Baronet (1 October 1792 – 30 July 1858) of Willesley Hall, Derbyshire was both High Sheriff of Derbyshire and an MP for Leicester from 1826 to 1831. Biography Abney-Hastings was the elder son of General Sir Ch ...

(1792–1858), of Willesley Hall, Derbyshire * Edith Abney-Hastings, 12th Countess of Loudoun (1883–1960), English aristocrat * Frank Abney Hastings (1794–1828), British naval officer *

Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun Michael Edward Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun (born Michael Edward Lord; 22 July 194230 June 2012), was a British-Australian farmer, who is most noted because of the 2004 documentary ''Britain's Real Monarch'', which alleged he was the ri ...

(1942–2012), British-born Australian rice researcher, also known as ''King Michael'' * Simon Abney-Hastings, 15th Earl of Loudoun (born 1974), Australian peer, head of the

House of York The House of York was a cadet branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet. Three of its members became kings of England in the late 15th century. The House of York descended in the male line from Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, ...

, also known as ''King Simon''

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