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unusual facts about Francis Hastings, Lord Hastings



Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon

He was a Bearer of the Sword of State at George III's coronation in 1761 and became Groom of the Stole that year.

On his return from the continent, he did well at the Royal Court, as a descendent of George, Duke of Clarence, brother of King Edward IV, seemed to assure him and he was appointed Master of the Horse in 1760.

In August 1752 Huntingdon left Paris for Spain, where his self-importance irritated the British minister, Sir Benjamin Keene.

David, Saul (1998), The Prince of Pleasure ISBN 0-316-64616-4

Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon

On 21 May 1553, his eldest son Henry married Katherine Dudley, the youngest daughter of their ally Northumberland.

He was rewarded with a creation as a Knight of the Garter before the end of that day, alongside George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham, Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr and William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke.

Francis Hastings, Lord Hastings

Francis Hastings, Lord Hastings (1560 – 17 December 1595) was the son of George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon and Dorothy Port.

Francis Huntingdon

Francis Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon (1901–1990), British artist, academic and Labour politician

Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon (1729–1789), British peer; son of the 9th Earl of Huntingdon and his wife, Selina

Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon (1514–1561), eldest son of the 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Anne Stafford, mistress of Henry VIII

Melton Constable railway station

The scheme had been born of a desire amongst North Norfolk landowners, including notably Lord Hastings of Melton Constable Hall, to break the East Anglian monopoly of the Great Eastern Railway and to improve communications between the farming community and the outside world.

St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch

The Hastings Chapel contains a number of fine monuments including an alabaster tomb to Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon who died in 1561.

The Last of the Barons

Other historical figures that appear frequently in the text are Duke of Clarence, Duke of Gloucester (the future King Richard III), Marquess of Montagu, and Lord Hastings.


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