George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon

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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.[1] 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.[2]

He was succeeded by his grandson Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon.

He died in 1604.

Marriage[edit]

George married Dorothy Port, daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Port of Etwall, Derbyshire.[3] They had five children:

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Person Page". thepeerage.com.
  2. ^ John Nichols, Progresses of James the First, vol. 1 (London, 1828), pp. 170-1.
  3. ^ Dictionary of National Biography, Entry for John Port
  4. ^ HMC Manuscripts of the Duke of Portland, vol. 9 (London, 1923), pp. viii, 119, 154.
Political offices
Preceded by Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire
1595–1604
Succeeded by
Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire
1596–1604
Vacant
Title next held by
The Earl of Huntingdon
Lord Lieutenant of Rutland
1596–1604
Vacant
Title next held by
The Lord Harington of Exton
New creation Member of Parliament for Derbyshire
1562
Succeeded by
Sir William de Loe
Peerage of England
Preceded by Earl of Huntingdon
1595–1604
Succeeded by