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 292 HUNTINGDON. XXVII. 1746, 10. Francis (Hastings), Earl of Huntingdon- to [1529], Lord Botiibadx [1:3681, Lord Huncierfoiid [1426], Loud 1789. be Moleyns [1445], Lord Hastings de Hastings [1461], and Lord Hastings de Hungeuford [1182], 1st s. and h.,fc 13 March 172S/9, styled Lord Hastings till lie ntc to the Earldom, 13 Oct. 1746 ; ed. at Westm. school ; mat. nt Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 22 June 1747 ; Master of the Horse to George, Priuce of Wales, 1756-60, and to Georgj III., 1700-Gl ; P.O., 1760 ; Groom of the Stole, 1761-1770 ; Bearer of the third Sword at the coronation of Geo. III., 22 Sep. 1761 ; Lord Lieut, of West Hiding of Yorkshire, 1762: F.K.S., ^o. He d. unm. (suddenly while sitting at table) 2 Oct. 1739, aged 6>>, and was bur. at Ashby de la Zouch.(a) Will pr. 8 Oct. 1789. Bj his death the various Baronies devolved on his sister and heir general, Elizabeth, Countess of Moira [I.] (sec '' Hastings de Hastings" Barony, cr. 1461, sub the 13th bolder thereof) but the right to ths Earldom devolved on the heir male tho' the peerage remained dormant for nearly 30 years. »»«»•»» XXVIII. 17 S9. 11. Theophilus Henry Hastings, de jure( h ) Eaul of Hi'NT1Ngdon[1529], cousin and h. male; he took no proceeding! to establish his right to that dignity. He was s. and li. of Henry Hastings, of Lutterworth, co. Leicester («f. 1786, aged 8 )), by Elizabeth, da of ( ■-) Hudson, of Lutterworth, afsd., which Henry was only s. and h. of Ui hard Hastings, of Welford, CO. Northampton (d. 1714), 3d s. of Henry Hastings, of Hn nherston, c >. Leicester (d. 1654), s. and h. of Sir Henry Hastings, of the same [d. 16i9), s. and h of Sir Edward Hastings, of the Abbey of Leicester (<l. 1603) who was 4th 8. of Francis, 2d Earl of Huntingdon. He was b. and hap. 7 Oct. 1728, at Lutterworth afsd., the 9th Earl (Theophilus) being his Godfather; ed. at St. John's Coll., Cambridge ; 15. A., 1752; M.A., 1764; in Holy Orders; Vicar of Osgathorpa and Betton (1764) both co. Leicester and Hector of Great and Little Leake, Notts. He m. firstly {—), da. of (— ) Pratt. She d. a few months after their marriage. He m. secondly in 1798 (when in his 70th year) Elizabeth Warner, (=) spinster, then aged -30. lie (/. s.p. and intestate 2 April 1S04. XXIX. 1S04, 12. Hans Francis Hastings; da jurp{ h ) Fari, ok and Huntingdon, nephew and h. of the above, being 4th and yst but 1819. only surv. s. and h. of George Hastings;; 0 ) Lieut. Cel. 3d Beg. of Foot Guards (rf. 6 Feb. 1S02, aged 67), by Sarah, da. of Thomas Hodges, Col. in the Guards, and Sarah, da. of Sir Richard Fowler, 2d Bart., of Harnage Grange, Salop. He was b. 14 Aug. and 67). 11 Sep. 1779, at St. Marylebone, Midi; ed. (1787-90) at Kepton school and at Bettesworth's academy, Chelsea ; joined the Naval service, 1793, ami was wounded at Quiberon, 1795 ; Lieut. R.N., 1799 ; Commander, 1821, becoming, finally, 1824, Post Captain. He was Ordnance Barrack Master in the Isle of Wight and afterwards, 1808-17, Ordnance Storekeeper at Enniskillen. His claim to the Earldom was reported as proved 29 Oct. 1818, by (Shepherd), the Attorney Gen., and he was sum. (») His illegit. son, Lieut. Gen. Sir Charles Hastings, Bart, (so er. 1806) was father of Sir Charles Abney-Hastings, 2d Bart., who d. a.p. 30 Inly 1858, aged 66, having devised his estates to his first cousin, Lady Edith Maud Clifton (afterwards Mto jure Countess of Loudoun [S.]), wife of Charles Frederick Clifton (cr. in 1880 Baron Donington) 1st da. of the 9th Earl and eldest coheir of the Earls of Huntingdon of the house of Hastings. ( h ) According to the decision of 1819 whereby the Earldom was allowed to his nephew. ( c ) See "The Huntingdon Teccnge," &c, by Henry Nugent Bell (Ito., 1820), whose exertions in assisting the claim to that title were very great. In this work are many curious particulars of various members of the family including anecdotes of this lady said to have been once "a vety pretty chambermaid" of whom some 30 years before their marriage this Theophilus (then a chaplain) became "somewhat uncauonically enamoured." ( d ) This George had been engaged in marriage to his cousin, Lady Selina Hastings, yst. da. of the 9th Earl, which was prevented by her untimely death 12 May 1763,