George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon (1540 – 30 December 1604) was an English nobleman.
He was a son of
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 Hen ...
and Catherine Pole, daughter of
Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu
Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu (also written Montague or Montacute; circa 1492 – January 1539), was an English nobleman, the only holder of the title Baron Montagu under its 1514 creation, and one of the relatives whom King Henry VIII of ...
and Jane Neville. He was a younger brother of
Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon
Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, KG, KB (c. 153514 December 1595) was an English Puritan nobleman. Educated alongside the future Edward VI, he was briefly imprisoned by Mary I, and later considered by some as a potential successor to E ...
, and older brother of
Francis Hastings. He succeeded Henry as the 4th Earl.
He was
High Sheriff of Leicestershire
This is a list of Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of Leicestershire, United Kingdom. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries mos ...
in 1571 and
knight of the shire
Knight of the shire ( la, milites comitatus) was the formal title for a member of parliament (MP) representing a county constituency in the British House of Commons, from its origins in the medieval Parliament of England until the Redistributio ...
(MP) for
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...
in 1562 and
Leicestershire in 1584–1587. He was invested as a knight in 1565. They lived at
Gopsall
Gopsall (or Gopsall Park) is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Twycross, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. It is located between the villages of Appleby Magna, Shackerstone, Twycross and ...
and then
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 of 59,932 , the second large ...
, both in Leicestershire.
He hosted
Anne of Denmark
Anne of Denmark (; 12 December 1574 – 2 March 1619) was the wife of King James VI and I; as such, she was Queen of Scotland from their marriage on 20 August 1589 and Queen of England and Ireland from the union of the Scottish and Eng ...
and her children
Prince Henry Prince Henry (or Prince Harry) may refer to:
People
*Henry the Young King (1155–1183), son of Henry II of England, who was crowned king but predeceased his father
*Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal (1394–1460)
*Henry, Duke of Cornwall (Ja ...
and
Princess Elizabeth at
Ashby-de-la-Zouch on 22 June 1603. Huntingdon was anxious for the queen to visit and enlisted the
Earl of Shrewsbury's steward Richard Bainbrigg and others to make his case that the royal party should come to
Ashby Castle
Ashby de la Zouch Castle is a ruined fortification in the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England. The castle was built by William, Lord Hastings, a favourite of Edward IV, after 1473, accompanied by the creation of a park. Cons ...
from
Wollaton Hall
Wollaton Hall is an Elizabethan country house of the 1580s standing on a small but prominent hill in Wollaton Park, Nottingham, England. The house is now Nottingham Natural History Museum, with Nottingham Industrial Museum in the outbuilding ...
.
He was succeeded by his grandson
Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon
Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon (24 April 1586 – 14 November 1643), was a prominent English nobleman and literary patron in England during the first half of the seventeenth century.
Life
He was born at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicester ...
.
He died in 1604.
Marriage
George married
Dorothy Port, daughter and co-heiress of
Sir John Port of
Etwall
Etwall () is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England, southwest of Derby on the A50. The population at the 2011 Census was 2,906.
Geography
Etwall is located between the A516 bypass and the A50 in south Derbyshire. The A516 draws hea ...
, Derbyshire. They had five children:
*
Francis Hastings, Baron 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 ...
(1560–1595), who was father to
Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon
Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon (24 April 1586 – 14 November 1643), was a prominent English nobleman and literary patron in England during the first half of the seventeenth century.
Life
He was born at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicester ...
.
*
Henry Hastings (1562 – 5 October 1650).
*Sir Edward Hastings.
*Catherine Hastings. Married first Sir Walter Chetwynd and secondly Sir
Edward Unton. Her second husband was a son of
Edward Unton and
Anne Seymour. Anne was a daughter of
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (150022 January 1552) (also 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Viscount Beauchamp), also known as Edward Semel, was the eldest surviving brother of Queen Jane Seymour (d. 1537), the third wife of King Henry VI ...
, and
Anne Stanhope
Anne Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (''née'' Weld-Forester; 7 September 1802 – 27 July 1885) was known as a political confidante.
Life
Stanhope was born in 1802, the eldest daughter of Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester, M. ...
.
*
Dorothy Hastings
Dorothy Hastings (1579 – after 1613) was a courtier to Elizabeth I of England and Anne of Denmark
Dorothy Hastings was born in 1579, the daughter of George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon and Dorothy Port, daughter and co-heiress of Sir John P ...
, was a Maid of Honour at court. She married a Scottish courtier, James Stewart, a son of
Walter Stewart of Blantyre
Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre (died 8 March 1617) was a Scottish politician, administrator, and judge.
Life
He was the son of Sir John Stewart of Minto and Margaret Stewart sister of James Stewart of Cardonald
Educated with James VI under ...
.
[''HMC Manuscripts of the Duke of Portland'', vol. 9 (London, 1923), pp. viii, 119, 154.] Her second husband was Robert Dillon, 2nd
Earl of Roscommon
Earl of Roscommon was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 5 August 1622 for James Dillon, 1st Baron Dillon. He had already been created Baron Dillon on 24 January 1619, also in the Peerage of Ireland. The fourth Earl was a court ...
.
References
History of Parliament HASTINGS, Sir George (c.1540–1604) of Etwall, Derbys, Gopsall, Leics and Loughborough, Leics*
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George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon
George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon (1540 – 30 December 1604) was an English nobleman.
He was a son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole, daughter of Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu and Jane Neville. He was a you ...
High Sheriffs of Leicestershire
English MPs 1563–1567
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