Sir Charles Abney Hastings, 2nd Baronet (1 October 1792 – 30 July 1858) of
Willesley Hall,
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 ...
was both
High Sheriff of Derbyshire and an MP for
Leicester
Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands.
The city l ...
from 1826 to 1831.
Biography
Abney-Hastings was the elder son of General
Sir Charles Hastings, 1st Baronet
General Sir Charles Hastings, 1st Baronet, GCH (12 March 1752 – September 1823) was a British Army officer.
Family
Hastings was the illegitimate son of Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon, and an unknown mother who was in fact a famous F ...
, by the daughter and heir of Thomas Abney Esq. He was born in 1792, probably in
Willesley
Willesley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in the North West Leicestershire district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. It was originally in Derbyshire. Willesley Hall was the home of the A ...
The Gentleman's Magazine, 1858, accessed 12 July 2008 and succeeded his father in 1823, assuming, after his maternal grandfather, the additional name of Abney before that of Hastings, by Royal Licence 1 December 1823.
It was a condition of an Abney ancestor that whoever received the manors took up the surname Abney.
[The Feudal History of the County of Derby, John Pym Yeatman, 1905, pp. 75-76:] Sir Charles was
High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1825 and was MP for Leicester from 1826 to 1831.
Charles' brother,
Frank Abney Hastings, who might have inherited the title or fathered an heir, died a hero in 1828 at
Zante.
Hastings died on 30 July 1858, aged 66. By a deed of settlement executed about 1846 the
Blackfordby
Blackfordby is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in the North West Leicestershire district, in the northwesternmost corner of Leicestershire, England. It is about to the northwest of Ashby-de-la-Zou ...
and
Packington
Packington is a village and civil parish in the district of North West Leicestershire.OS Explorer Map 245: The National Forest :(1:25 000) : It is situated close to the A42 road and the towns of Ashby de la Zouch and Measham. The population o ...
estates of Sir Charles passed to
Henry Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of Hastings
Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of Hastings and 9th Earl of Loudoun (22 July 1842 – 10 November 1868), styled Lord Henry Rawdon-Hastings from birth until 1851, was a British peer. He was also, starting from most ...
. Willesley Hall and its estate were left to
Lady Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings, later Countess of Loudoun,
[ the Marquess' eldest sister and wife of Charles Frederick Clifton Esq.][
Charles Frederick Clifton and his wife assumed by Act of Parliament in 1859 the surname and arms of Abney-Hastings. This was required by the conditions of Charles Abney Hastings' will. His will required that this name change should be done by "sanction of Queen, Lords and Commons namely by an Act of Parliament".][On Surnames and the Rules of Law Affecting Their Change]
With Comments on the Correspondence of the Lord-Lieutenant of Monmouthshire and Certain Officials Respecting a Change of Surname, By Thomas Falconer, accessed 12 July 2008
References
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1792 births
1858 deaths
Place of death missing
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
People from Derbyshire (before 1897)
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
UK MPs 1826–1830
UK MPs 1830–1831
High Sheriffs of Derbyshire
Charles Abney-Hastings, 2nd Baronet