There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Hastings family headed by the

Earl of Huntingdon Earl of Huntingdon is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England. The medieval title (1065 creation) was associated with the ruling house of Scotland ( David of Scotland). The seventh and most recent creation dates t ...

, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creations are extinct. The Hastings Baronetcy, of Redlinch in the County of Somerset, was created in the Baronetage of England on 7 May 1667 for Richard Hastings. He was the grandson of Sir Edward Hastings, younger 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 ...

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for earlier history of the family). Hastings married Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Pointz, but had no children, and the title became extinct on his death in 1668. Margaret remarried Samuel Gorges, later a High Court judge in

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. Her first marriage was apparently a happy one: at her death, she left Samuel a portrait of Richard. The Hastings, later Abney-Hastings family, of Willesley Hall in the County of Derby, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 28 February 1806 for

Sir Charles Hastings Sir Charles Hastings (11 January 1794 – 30 July 1866) was a medical surgeon and a founder of the British Medical Association, the BMA, (then known as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association) on 19 July 1832. He was also a notable life ...

, illegitimate son of

Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon PC (13 March 1729 – 2 October 1789) was a British peer and politician. Life He was the eldest of seven children of the 9th Earl of Huntingdon and his wife, Lady Selina, a leader of the Methodis ...

. For more information on this creation, see Abney-Hastings baronets.

Hastings baronets, of Redlinch (1667)

*Sir Richard Hastings, 1st Baronet (died 1668)

Hastings, later Abney-Hastings baronets, of Willesley Hall (1806)

*see Abney-Hastings baronets

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hastings Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Hastings family 1667 establishments in England

Hastings baronets, of Redlinch (1667)

Hastings, later Abney-Hastings baronets, of Willesley Hall (1806)

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