George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Marquess of Hastings (4 February 1808 – 13 January 1844), styled Lord Rawdon from birth until 1817 and Earl of Rawdon from 1817 to 1826, was a British
peer and courtier.
Early life

Rawdon was born in 1808, the eldest son of
Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira (later 1st
Marquess of Hastings) and his wife,
Flora Mure-Campbell, 6th Countess of Loudoun.
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Career
Inheriting his father's titles in 1826 (and later, his mother's in 1840), Lord Hastings was a Gentleman of the Bedchamber
Gentleman of the Bedchamber was a title in the Royal Household of the Kingdom of England from the 11th century, later used also in the Kingdom of Great Britain. A Lord of the Bedchamber was a courtier in the Royal Households of the United Kingdo ...
to King William IV
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from 1830 to 1831.
On his father's death, he inherited a heavily mortgaged Donington Hall
Donington Hall is a country house set in parkland near Castle Donington village, North West Leicestershire. The Hall and Estate was purchased in April 2021 by MotorSport Vision, which also operates the neighbouring Donington Park racing cir ...
in Leicestershire. His chief passion was foxhunting and he kept his own pack of hounds at the hall in purpose-built kennels.
Personal life
On 1 August 1831, Lord Hastings was married to Barbara Yelverton, 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn. She was the only daughter and heiress of Henry Yelverton, 19th Baron Grey de Ruthyn and his wife, the former Anna Maria Kelham (daughter of William Kelham). Her father, who died seven months after her birth, was a tenant and sometime friend of Lord Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was an English poet. He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, and is regarded as being among the greatest poets of the United Kingdom. Among his best-kno ...
. Together, Barbara and George were the parents of six children:
* Paulyn Reginald Serlo Rawdon-Hastings, 3rd Marquess of Hastings (1832–1851), who died unmarried.
* Lady Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings, later 10th Countess of Loudoun (1833–1874), who married Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings, 1st Baron Donington.
* Lady Bertha Lelgarde Rawdon-Hastings, later 22nd Baroness Grey de Ruthyn (1835–1887), who married Augustus Wykeham Clifton.
* Lady Victoria Maria Louisa Rawdon-Hastings (1837–1888)
* Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of Hastings (1842–1868), who married Lady Florence Paget, only daughter of Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey
Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey (6 July 1797 – 7 February 1869), styled Lord Paget 1812 and 1815 and Earl of Uxbridge from 1815 to 1854, was a British peer and Whig politician. He served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household between 1 ...
.
* Lady Frances Augusta Constance Muir Rawdon-Hastings (1844–1910), who married Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney.
He died an early death on 13 January 1844, at the age of 35. He was succeeded by his 12-year-old eldest son, Paulyn, who himself died in Ireland six years later. Paulyn was succeeded in turn by his younger brother Lord Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings, later 4th Marquess of Hastings and 9th Earl of Loudoun.
On 9 April 1845, fifteen months after her first husband's death, Barbara married Captain Hastings Reginald Henry (1808–1878), who in 1849 took the name of Yelverton by royal licence
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. They settled at Efford House near Lymington
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and had one daughter, Barbara Yelverton (12 January 1849 – 1 October 1924), who married John Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baron Churston.
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