George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon

Sir 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. He was a younger brother of Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, and older brother of Francis Hastings (died 1610). 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 1584–87. He was invested as a knight in 1565.^[1] They lived at Gopsall and then Loughborough, both in Leicestershire.

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

Marriage

George married Dorothy Port, daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Port of Etwall, Derbyshire.^[2] They had five children:

• Francis Hastings, Baron Hastings (1560 – 1595), who was father to Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon.
• Henry Hastings (1562 – 5 October 1650).
• Sir Edward Hastings.
• Catherine Hastings. Married first Sir Walter Chetwynd and secondly Sir Edward Unton. Her second husband was a son of Edward Unton and Anne Seymour. Anne was a daughter of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, and Anne Stanhope.
• Dorothy Hastings. Married first Robert Dillon and secondly James Stewart.

Through Francis, George was a 12th-generation ancestor of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.

Ancestry

Ancestors of George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon

16. William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings               8. Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings                       17. Katherine Neville, Baroness Hastings               4. George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon                             18. Thomas Hungerford               9. Mary Hungerford                       19. Anne Percy               2. Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon                                   20. Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford               10. Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham                       21. Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford               5. Anne Stafford                             22. Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers               11. Catherine Woodville                       23. Jacquetta of Luxembourg               1. George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon                                         24. Sir Geoffrey Pole of Worrell and of Wythurn               12. Sir Richard Pole                       25. Edith St John               6. Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu                             26. George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence               13. Margaret of York & Clarence                       27. Isabella Neville               3. Catherine Pole                                   28. George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny               14. George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny                       29. Margaret Fenne               7. Jane Neville                             30. Thomas FitzAlan, 17th Earl of Arundel               15. Joan FitzAlan                       31. Margaret Woodville

Ancestry

Ancestors of George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon

16. William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings               8. Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings                       17. Katherine Neville, Baroness Hastings               4. George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon                             18. Thomas Hungerford               9. Mary Hungerford                       19. Anne Percy               2. Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon                                   20. Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford               10. Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham                       21. Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford               5. Ann Stafford                             22. Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers               11. Catherine Woodville                       23. Jacquetta of Luxembourg               1. George Hastings                                         24. Geoffrey Pole               12. Sir Richard Pole                       25. Edith St John               6. Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu                             26. George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence               13. Margaret Plantagenet                       27. Lady Isabella Neville               3. Catherine Pole                                   28. Edward Nevill, 3rd Baron Bergavenny               14. George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny                       29. Elizabeth Beauchamp               7. Janet Nevill                             30. Sir Hugh Fenne               15. Margaret Fenne

References

1. thepeerage
2. Dictionary of National Biography, Entry for John Port

• History of Parliament HASTINGS, Sir George (c.1540-1604) of Etwall, Derbys, Gopsall, Leics and Loughborough, Leics
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages