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Baron Donington, of
*Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings, 1st Baron Donington (1822–1895)
* Charles Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 11th Earl of Loudoun, 2nd Baron Donington (1855–1920)
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Donington Park
Donington Park is a motorsport circuit located near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England. The circuit business is now owned by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation, and the surrounding Donington Park Estate, still owned b ...
in the County of Leicester
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, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the ...
. It was created on 4 May 1880 for Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings. Born Charles Frederick Clifton, he was the widower of Edith Mary Abney-Hastings, 10th Countess of Loudoun. He and his wife had in 1859 assumed by Royal licence the surname of Abney-Hastings on succeeding to the Abney-Hastings estates after the death of his wife's kinsman Sir Charles Abney-Hastings, 2nd Baronet in 1858 (see Abney-Hastings baronets). They were both succeeded by their eldest son Charles Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 11th Earl of Loudoun and 2nd Baron Donington. However, on his death in 1920 the titles separated. The Scottish earldom was inherited by his niece Edith, daughter of his second brother the Hon. Major Paulyn Francis Cuthbert Rawdon-Hastings. The barony of Donington, which could only be inherited by male heirs, passed to his third brother Gilbert Theophilus, who became the third Baron. He had four daughters but no sons, and on his death in 1927 the barony became extinct.
The first Baron was descended from John Clifton, brother of Sir Thomas Clifton, 1st Baronet (see Clifton baronets
Two unrelated baronetcies have been created in the surname of Clifton.
The Clifton Baronetcy, of Clifton in the County of Nottinghamshire, was created in the Baronetage of England on 22 May 1611 for Sir Gervas Clifton, of Clifton Hall, Notting ...
). Thomas Joseph Clifton, father of the first Baron, was High Sheriff of Lancashire
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in 1835 and a Justice of the Peace
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and Deputy Lieutenant for the county. John Talbot Clifton, brother of the first Baron, and his son Thomas Henry Clifton
Thomas Henry Clifton (3 March 1845 – 31 March 1880) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Early life
Clifton was born on 3 March 1845 into a prestigious Lancashire family.Pine, L. G.. ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic ...
, both sat as Member of Parliament
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for North Lancashire
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. Thomas Henry Clifton, brother of the first Baron, was a Major-General
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in the British Army
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.
Barons Donington (1880)
*Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings, 1st Baron Donington (1822–1895)
* Charles Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 11th Earl of Loudoun, 2nd Baron Donington (1855–1920)
*Gilbert Theophilus Clifton Clifton-Hastings-Campbell, 3rd Baron Donington
Gilbert Theophilus Clifton Clifton-Hastings-Campbell, 3rd Baron Donington (29 May 1859 – 31 May 1927) was a British peer and soldier.
Early life
He was given the name Gilbert Theophilus Clifton Abney-Hastings at his birth on 29 May 1859. He was ...
(1859–1927)
See also
*Earl of Loudoun
Earl of Loudoun (pronounced "loud-on" ), named after Loudoun in Ayrshire, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1633 for John Campbell, 2nd Lord Campbell of Loudoun, along with the subsidiary title Lord Tarrinzean and Mauchli ...
*Clifton baronets
Two unrelated baronetcies have been created in the surname of Clifton.
The Clifton Baronetcy, of Clifton in the County of Nottinghamshire, was created in the Baronetage of England on 22 May 1611 for Sir Gervas Clifton, of Clifton Hall, Notting ...
* Abney-Hastings baronets
References
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Donington Extinct baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1880