Abney-Hastings Baronets
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Sir Charles Hastings, 1st Baronet
General Sir Charles Hastings, 1st Baronet GCH was a British Army officer.Hastings was the illegitimate son of Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon and an unknown mother. He purchased an Ensigncy in the 12th Foot, in 1776 a Lieutenantcy, and in 1780 a Captaincy...
. He was the illegitimate son of Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon
Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon
Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon PC was a British peer and politician.He was the son of the 9th Earl of Huntingdon and his wife, Selina. Hastings succeeded as Earl of Huntingdon and Baron Botreaux on his father's demise in 1746...
(see Earl of Huntingdon
Earl of Huntingdon
Earl of Huntingdon is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England. The title is associated with the ruling house of Scotland, and latterly with the Hastings family.-Early history:...
for earlier history of the family). Hastings married Parnel Abney, daughter and heiress of Thomas Abney, of Willesley Hall, Willesley
Willesley
Willesley is a place near Ashby-de-la-Zouch. It was in Derbyshire but is now part of Leicestershire. In the 19th century it had a population of about 60 and Willesley Hall was the home of the Abney and later the Abney-Hastings family. Willesley is so small that it would be a hamlet except that it...
, Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
, and granddaughter of Sir Thomas Abney
Thomas Abney (judge)
Sir Thomas Abney was an English barrister and later judge. He was the younger son of Sir Edward Abney , by his second wife, Judith, daughter and co-heir of Peter Barr, of London)...
, Justice of the Common Pleas
Justice of the Common Pleas
Justice of the Common Pleas was a puisne judicial position within the Court of Common Pleas of England and Wales, under the Chief Justice. The Common Pleas was the primary court of common law within England and Wales, dealing with "common" pleas...
. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles, the second Baronet, who assumed the additional surname of Abney on succeeding to the Abney estates through his mother. Abney-Hastings represented Leicester
Leicester (UK Parliament constituency)
Leicester was a parliamentary borough in Leicestershire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1918, when it was split into three single-member divisions.-History:...
in Parliament between 1826 and 1831. The title became extinct on his death in 1858. Abney-Hastings's Blackfordby
Blackfordby
Blackfordby is a small village about to the northwest of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in England. It is supposedly named after the Black Ford where water from the village spring crosses the main street over a coal outcrop...
and Packington
Packington
Packington is a village and civil parish in the district of North West Leicestershire. It is situated close to the A42 road and the town of Ashby de la Zouch. The population of Packington according to the 2001 UK census is 738...
estates passed to his kinsman Henry Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of Hastings
Henry Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of Hastings
Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet, 4th Marquess of Hastings , styled Lord Henry Rawdon-Hastings from birth until 1851, was a British peer....
, while Willesley Hall was left to Lady Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings, later Countess of Loudoun, the Marquess's eldest sister and wife of Charles Frederick Clifton, who in 1859 assumed the surname Abney-Hastings.
Frank Abney Hastings
Frank Abney Hastings
Frank Abney Hastings was a British naval officer and Philhellene.- Early career :He was the son of Lieut.-general Sir Charles Hastings of Willesley Hall, a natural son of Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon...
, younger son of the first Baronet, was a naval officer.
Hastings, later Abney-Hastings Baronets, of Willesley Hall (1806)
- Sir Charles Hastings, 1st BaronetSir Charles Hastings, 1st BaronetGeneral Sir Charles Hastings, 1st Baronet GCH was a British Army officer.Hastings was the illegitimate son of Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon and an unknown mother. He purchased an Ensigncy in the 12th Foot, in 1776 a Lieutenantcy, and in 1780 a Captaincy...
(d. 1823) - Sir Charles Abney-Hastings, 2nd Baronet (1792–1858)
See also
- Hastings BaronetsHastings BaronetsThere have been two Baronetcies created for members of the Hastings family headed by the Earl of Huntingdon, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creations are extinct....
- Earl of HuntingdonEarl of HuntingdonEarl of Huntingdon is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England. The title is associated with the ruling house of Scotland, and latterly with the Hastings family.-Early history:...
- Marquess of HastingsMarquess of HastingsMarquess of Hastings was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 6 December 1816 for Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira. The Rawdon family descended from Francis Rawdon , of Rawdon, Yorkshire. His son George Rawdon settled in the village of Moira in Downshire, and...
- Earl of LoudounEarl of LoudounEarl of Loudoun , named after Loudoun in Ayrshire, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1633 for John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun, along with the subsidiary title Lord Tarrinzean and Mauchline....
- Baron DoningtonBaron DoningtonBaron Donington, of Donington Park in the County of Leicester, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1880 for Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings. Born Charles Frederick Clifton, he was the widower of Edith Mary Abney-Hastings, 10th Countess of Loudoun...