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NameGeorge Hastings Earl of Huntingdon 
[116, p.14], [60, Huntingdon art, Vol VI, p. 654-5], [60, Hastings art, Vol VI, p.370 seq], [54, His own article], [78, Will of George earl of Huntingdon, pp. 659-660], [60, Berkeley article, Vol II, p. 137]
[116, p.14], [60, Huntingdon art, Vol VI, p. 654-5], [60, Hastings art, Vol VI, p.370 seq], [54, His own article], [78, Will of George earl of Huntingdon, pp. 659-660], [60, Berkeley article, Vol II, p. 137]Birth1488
Death24 Mar 1544
BurialStoke Pogis, Bucks
General3rd baron Hastings. 1st earl of Huntingdon: 8 Dec 1529.
FatherEdward Hastings Lord Hastings (1466-<1506)
MotherMary Hungerford Baroness Botreaux (ca1468-<1533)
Spouses
1Anne Stafford [54, Her father's article], [60, Huntingdon art, Vol VI, p.655], [60, Berkeley article, Vol II, p. 137]
[54, Her father's article], [60, Huntingdon art, Vol VI, p.655], [60, Berkeley article, Vol II, p. 137]FatherHenry Stafford Duke of Buckingham (1455-1483)
MotherCatherine Wydevile (-<1513)
Marriageca Dec 1509 [60, Huntingdon art, Vol VI, p.655]
Notes for George Hastings Earl of Huntingdon
CP: "In a report on the English nobility written in 1538 he is described as 'of 60 years [recte 50], of great power, little discretion, and less experience'".
DNB says he was at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, in 1520. Yet on the list with the picture, it says “the lord Hastings (Edward Hastings” was a baron in the king’s retinue; possibly the list had his forename wrong and it was George who in 1529 became the earl of Huntingdon.
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DNB says he was at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, in 1520. Yet on the list with the picture, it says “the lord Hastings (Edward Hastings” was a baron in the king’s retinue; possibly the list had his forename wrong and it was George who in 1529 became the earl of Huntingdon.
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Will notes for George Hastings Earl of Huntingdon
In his will, dated 13th June 1534, he lists:
Francis his eldest son,
His daughter Dorothy,
His daughter Katherine.
Francis his eldest son,
His daughter Dorothy,
His daughter Katherine.
DNB Main notes for George Hastings Earl of Huntingdon
Hastings, George, first Earl of Huntingdon and third Baron Hastings of Hastings 1488?-1545
Name: Hastings, George
Title: first Earl of Huntingdon and third Baron Hastings of Hastings
Dates: 1488?-1545
Active Date: 1528
Gender: Male
Place of
Death: At his seat at Stoke Poges in Buckinghamshire
Burial: Stoke Poges in Buckinghamshire, The church
Spouse: Anne, daughter of Henry Stafford, second duke of Buckingham...
Sources: Letters and Papers of Hen. VIII, ed. Brewer and Gairdner, passim;...
Contributor: W. A. J. A. [William Arthur Jobson Archbold]
Article
Hastings, George, first Earl of Huntingdon and third Baron Hastings of Hastings 1488?-1545, son of Edward, second baron Hastings (1466-1507), by Mary, granddaughter of Thomas, third baron Hungerford, was born about 1488. William Hastings, lord Hastings [q.v.], who was executed in 1483, was his grandfather. He was made a knight of the Bath on 17 Nov. 1501, and succeeded his father as third baron Hastings on 8 Nov. 1508, being summoned to parliament in the following year. He was constantly at court, and took part in all the great ceremonies of state. The king appears to have frequently advanced him money. When an entry was made into France in 1513, Hastings was a member of the vanguard retinue; he was present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold; he also was in attendance when Charles V visited England in 1522; and his name appears as a witness to the treaty of Windsor of that year. He joined Suffolk's expedition into France in 1523.
Throughout his life he seems to have been a favourite of the king, although early in the reign he had to appear before the Star-chamber for keeping too many liveried retainers. The king's favour procured him many profitable appointments; he was steward of various manors and monasteries, and a captain of archers in the royal service. In 1529 he was created earl of Huntingdon with an annuity allowed him of 20l. a year; he had long been a privy councillor; and his name was attached to the petition from the English nobles and lawyers to Clement VII praying that the divorce might be quickly settled. An account of Hastings's revenue from land has been preserved for 1532, and it appears to have been just under a thousand pounds. In 1533 he secured a long lease of land from Waltham Abbey, so that he must have been wealthy, in spite of his continual indebtedness to the king. He was present at the coronation of Anne Boleyn; at her trial; and at the trials of Lord Dacre and Sir Thomas More. Hastings was one of the leaders of the king's forces against the rebels in the Pilgrimage of Grace, and gave early information as to the outbreak. He was then living at Ashby-de-la-Zouch. He died at his seat at Stoke Poges in Buckinghamshire, and was buried in the chancel of the church there. He had married, about December 1509 (Letters and Papers of Hen. VIII, ii. 1444), Anne, daughter of Henry Stafford, second duke of Buckingham, widow of Sir Walter Herbert, knight, and by her had five sons; the eldest son, Francis, second earl, and the third son, Edward (d. 1573), are separately noticed. A daughter, Dorothy, married in 1536 Richard Devereux, son of Lord Ferrers.
Sources
Letters and Papers of Hen. VIII, ed. Brewer and Gairdner, passim; Bell's Huntingdon Peerage Case, p. 39; Froude's Hist. ii. 555; Doyle's Official Baronage, ii. 223; Burke's Peerage, p. 742.
Contributor: W. A. J. A.
published 1891
Name: Hastings, George
Title: first Earl of Huntingdon and third Baron Hastings of Hastings
Dates: 1488?-1545
Active Date: 1528
Gender: Male
Place of
Death: At his seat at Stoke Poges in Buckinghamshire
Burial: Stoke Poges in Buckinghamshire, The church
Spouse: Anne, daughter of Henry Stafford, second duke of Buckingham...
Sources: Letters and Papers of Hen. VIII, ed. Brewer and Gairdner, passim;...
Contributor: W. A. J. A. [William Arthur Jobson Archbold]
Article
Hastings, George, first Earl of Huntingdon and third Baron Hastings of Hastings 1488?-1545, son of Edward, second baron Hastings (1466-1507), by Mary, granddaughter of Thomas, third baron Hungerford, was born about 1488. William Hastings, lord Hastings [q.v.], who was executed in 1483, was his grandfather. He was made a knight of the Bath on 17 Nov. 1501, and succeeded his father as third baron Hastings on 8 Nov. 1508, being summoned to parliament in the following year. He was constantly at court, and took part in all the great ceremonies of state. The king appears to have frequently advanced him money. When an entry was made into France in 1513, Hastings was a member of the vanguard retinue; he was present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold; he also was in attendance when Charles V visited England in 1522; and his name appears as a witness to the treaty of Windsor of that year. He joined Suffolk's expedition into France in 1523.
Throughout his life he seems to have been a favourite of the king, although early in the reign he had to appear before the Star-chamber for keeping too many liveried retainers. The king's favour procured him many profitable appointments; he was steward of various manors and monasteries, and a captain of archers in the royal service. In 1529 he was created earl of Huntingdon with an annuity allowed him of 20l. a year; he had long been a privy councillor; and his name was attached to the petition from the English nobles and lawyers to Clement VII praying that the divorce might be quickly settled. An account of Hastings's revenue from land has been preserved for 1532, and it appears to have been just under a thousand pounds. In 1533 he secured a long lease of land from Waltham Abbey, so that he must have been wealthy, in spite of his continual indebtedness to the king. He was present at the coronation of Anne Boleyn; at her trial; and at the trials of Lord Dacre and Sir Thomas More. Hastings was one of the leaders of the king's forces against the rebels in the Pilgrimage of Grace, and gave early information as to the outbreak. He was then living at Ashby-de-la-Zouch. He died at his seat at Stoke Poges in Buckinghamshire, and was buried in the chancel of the church there. He had married, about December 1509 (Letters and Papers of Hen. VIII, ii. 1444), Anne, daughter of Henry Stafford, second duke of Buckingham, widow of Sir Walter Herbert, knight, and by her had five sons; the eldest son, Francis, second earl, and the third son, Edward (d. 1573), are separately noticed. A daughter, Dorothy, married in 1536 Richard Devereux, son of Lord Ferrers.
Sources
Letters and Papers of Hen. VIII, ed. Brewer and Gairdner, passim; Bell's Huntingdon Peerage Case, p. 39; Froude's Hist. ii. 555; Doyle's Official Baronage, ii. 223; Burke's Peerage, p. 742.
Contributor: W. A. J. A.
published 1891