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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 younger brother of Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, and older brother of Francis Hastings. He succeeded Henry as the 4th Earl. He was High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1571 and knight of the shire (MP) for Derbyshire in 1562 and Leicestershire in 1584–1587. He was invested as a knight in 1565. They lived at Gopsall and then Loughborough, both in Leicestershire. He hosted Anne of Denmark and her children Prince Henry 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 from Wollaton Hall. He was succeeded by his grandson Henry Hastings, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford and Henry Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Sussex. He was born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. He was tutored by John Leland during his youth. His mother, Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon had an affair with Henry VIII in 1510, the discovery of which led her husband to remove her to a convent and her brother to leave court in a rage, refusing to stay under Henry's roof. As late as 1513, Anne was the courtier who received the second most expensive New Year's gift from Henry, indicating that their relationship continued until then. However, there are no contemporary references to the possibility of Francis being an illegitimate son of the Tudor monarch. His father was created the first Earl of Huntingdon b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, Leicestershire, the one of three sons of Francis Hastings, Baron Hastings, and Lady Sarah Harington. Henry was a great-great-great-grandson of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury. Henry Hastings was educated at Gray's Inn. In 1595, Henry's father, Francis, died, and Hastings was next to succeed his grandfather, George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon, which on 31 December 1604, he did. In 1607, at the age of 21, Hastings commanded forces in the suppression of the Midland Revolt. Throughout his maturity the 5th Earl served in a wide range of offices in the counties of Leicestershire, Lancashire, and Rutland, including Lord Lieutenant of Leicester and Rutland, 1614–42. He was also a member of the Virginia Company. The Earls of Huntingdon were tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre
Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre (died 8 March 1617) was a Scottish politician, administrator, and judge. Life He was the son of John Stewart of Minto, Sir John Stewart of Minto, Scottish Borders, Minto and Margaret Stewart sister of James Stewart of Cardonald Educated with James VI of Scotland, James VI under George Buchanan (humanist), George Buchanan at Stirling Castle, he was a gentleman in the king's chamber, Knight of Cardonald, Prior of Blantyre Priory, Blantyre, Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland from 1582 to 1596, an Extraordinary Lord of Session from 1593, an Octavians, Octavian from 1596, and Treasurer of Scotland from 1596 to 1599. In May 1580 twenty five gentlemen were appointed as "pensioners to attend the King's Majesty at all times on his riding and passing to the fields". The riding entourage included Stewart with, James Stewart, Earl of Arran, Captain James Stewart, Thomas Crawford of Jordanhill, Captain Crawford, the Earl Cathcart, Master of Cathcart, Roger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Port of Etwall and Elizabeth Giffard. Maid of Honour and masques at court Dorothy Hastings was a Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth. She was probably the Lady Dorothy or "Lady Dougherty" who danced in the masque at the marriage of Anne Russell and Lord Herbert in June 1600. The other dancers, led by Mary Fitton, were Mistress Onslow, Mistress Carey, Elizabeth Southwell, Bess Russell, Mistress Darcy, and Blanche Somerset. They wore skirts of cloth of silver, waiscoats embroidered with coloured silks and silver and gold thread, mantles of carnation taffeta, and "loose hair about their shoulders" which was also "curiously knotted and interlaced". At the Harefield Entertainment in 1602, Dorothy Hastings was given a bodkin, a jewelled hair-pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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.P., and Lady Katherine Manners, the daughter of Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland. The family home was Willey Park in Shropshire. In 1830, Lord Derby proposed to her, but she instead accepted the proposal of George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield. They had one son and a daughter, Lady Evelyn Stanhope (1834–1875), later the first wife of Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon. Anne Stanhope's husband was considered a wastrel, who spent much of his time asleep in Bretby Hall and let his lands at Bretby to go to waste. He died in June 1866, aged 61, and was succeeded by their son, George. Like her sister Selina, Countess of Bradford, Anne was an intimate friend of Benjamin Disraeli. After they had both been widowed Disraeli is said ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 VIII. He was Lord Protector of England from 1547 to 1549 during the minority of his nephew King Edward VI (1547–1553). Despite his popularity with the common people, his policies often angered the gentry and he was overthrown. Origins and early career Edward Seymour was born c. 1500, the son of Sir John Seymour (1474–1536), feudal baron of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset, by his wife Margery Wentworth, eldest daughter of Sir Henry Wentworth of Nettlestead, Suffolk, and descended from Edward III. In 1514, aged about 14, he received an appointment in the household of Mary Tudor, Queen of France, and was ''enfant d’honneur'' at her marriage with Louis XII. Seymour served in the Duke of Suffolk's campaign in France in 1523, being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Dudley, Countess Of Warwick (died 1588)
Anne Dudley (née Seymour) Countess of Warwick (1538–1588) was a writer during the sixteenth century in England, along with her sisters Lady Margaret Seymour and Lady Jane Seymour.Jane Stevenson: "Seymour, Lady Jane (1541–1561)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required) Retrieved 2010-04-04 She was the eldest daughter of , who from 1547–1549 was the |
Edward Unton (high Sheriff)
Sir Edward Unton KB (1534 – 16 September 1582) was an English politician, high sheriff and Knight of the Bath. Edward was the eldest son of Sir Alexander Unton of Wadley House at Faringdon in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and his wife, Cecily, daughter of Edward Bulstrode of Hedgerley in Buckinghamshire. He inherited his father's estates in 1547. Eight years later, he married Anne, the daughter of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and widow of John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick; together they had seven children. His eldest son Edward became MP for Berkshire (1584, 1586). His younger son Sir Henry Unton was the English ambassador to France. He was knighted in 1559; he was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire in 1567. Four years later (1572), he was also elected the Member of Parliament for Berkshire. He had previously been MP for Malmesbury (1554) and for Oxfordshire Oxfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the north west of South East England. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Unton (captain)
Edward Unton (c. 1556 – 1589) was an English landowner and MP. He was the eldest son of Sir Edward Unton of Wadley House at Faringdon in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and Anne, the daughter of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and widow of John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick. His younger brother was the diplomat, Sir Henry Unton. He married firstly Dorothy, daughter of Sir Richard Knightley of Fawsley in Northamptonshire and, secondly, Catherine, the daughter of George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon. He had no children. In 1582 he inherited his father's estate. In 1583 he travelled in Italy and was arrested by the Inquisition. His brother Henry paid a ransom of 10,000 crowns to secure his return to England, where Edward was obliged to sell part of his inheritance to repay his brother. In 1584 he was elected knight of the shire for Berkshire and again in 1586. In 1587 he went as a colonist to Munster but was recalled due to the imminent threat of the Spanish Armada. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Hastings (sportsman)
Henry Hastings (c. 1561 – 15 October 1650), was an English landowner and country sportsman. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Life Hastings was second son of George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon. There seems to be some confusion as to his date of birth, which is said to have been 1551 by the Dictionary of National Biography, but is actually around a decade later. He acquired the estate of Puddletown from James I. Through his marriage, he acquired Woodlands Park, near Horton, Dorset, together with other parts of the old estate of the Filiols, where he lived. Hastings supported the King in the Civil war and in 1645 his estate at Woodlands, valued in 1641 at £300, was sequestered. He later compounded for his property by the sum of £500. Reputation Hastings was the typical country squire of the time, "well-natured, but soon angry." He always dressed in green, and keeping all sorts of hounds and hawks, devoted himself to hunting. His hall was hung with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, who married Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield, died 28 August 1636 * Henry, who succeeded his grandfather as Earl of Huntingdon. * Sir George Hastings * Captain Edward Hastings, died 1617 * Theodosia Hastings, married Sir Francis Bodenham. His widow, Sara or Sarah Harington (1565-1628), married Sir George Kingsmill, then Edward 11th Baron Zouche, and finally, Sir Thomas Edmondes. Her portrait was painted by Isaac Oliver and by Cornelius Johnson. The portraits by Johnson show her aged 63 wearing a large miniature case referring to Frederick V of the Palatinate with the Greek letter "phi". A similar miniature case was described in an inventory of a Scottish soldier. Britain's Real Monarch In Britain's Real Monarch ''Britai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dictionary Of National Biography
The ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (''DNB'') is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885. The updated ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (''ODNB'') was published on 23 September 2004 in 60 volumes and online, with 50,113 biographical articles covering 54,922 lives. First series Hoping to emulate national biographical collections published elsewhere in Europe, such as the ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (1875), in 1882 the publisher George Smith (1824–1901), of Smith, Elder & Co., planned a universal dictionary that would include biographical entries on individuals from world history. He approached Leslie Stephen, then editor of the ''Cornhill Magazine'', owned by Smith, to become the editor. Stephen persuaded Smith that the work should focus only on subjects from the United Kingdom and its present and former colonies. An early working title was the ''Biographia Britannica'', the name of an earlier eighteen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
