Hastings family

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The Hastings family is an English noble lineage historically prominent in the peerage, notably associated with the title of Earl of Huntingdon and influential in medieval and early modern politics.

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Hastings family canonical 8
Rawdon-Hastings family 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English noble family
associatedEvent Wars of the Roses
associatedWithMonarch Edward IV of England
Henry VII of England
Richard III of England
coatOfArms Or, a maunch gules
country Kingdom of England
hasCadetBranch Hastings of Loughborough
Rawdon-Hastings family
linked to: Hastings family
hasNotableMember Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon
Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings
George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon
Hans Francis Hastings, 12th Earl of Huntingdon
Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon
Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon
Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon
Theophilus Henry Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon
Warren Hastings
William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
heraldicSymbol maunch
historicalPeriodOfProminence Early modern period
Middle Ages
involvedIn royal court politics of the Plantagenet dynasty
royal court politics of the Tudor dynasty
languageOfFamily English
linkedToReligiousMovement Methodist revival through Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
memberOf English peerage
nobleTitleAssociatedWith Baron Hastings
Baron Hastings of Loughborough
Baron Hastings of Newington
Baron Hungerford
Earl of Huntingdon
notableBranchSeat Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle
Donington Hall
Loughborough
origin medieval English nobility
peerage Peerage of England
politicalAlignment Tudor loyalists (16th century)
Yorkist (15th century)
linked to: House of York
politicalRole influential in early modern English politics
influential in medieval English politics
region England
religionHistorically Anglicanism
Roman Catholicism
socialClass aristocracy
titleCreationCentury 15th century (Baron Hastings)
16th century (Earl of Huntingdon for Hastings line)
traditionalMotto “In God is my hope”

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