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Personal data Francis Hastings 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, K.G., K.B. 

• He was born in the year 1514 in Ashby, Leicester, England.
• (Info 2) .Source 3

  2th Earl of Huntingdon

• He died on June 20, 1561 in (25 Jan 1568-1569) Ashby, Leicester, England, he was 47 years old.Source 3
• He is buried in Ashby La Zouche, Leicestershire, England.
• A child of George Hastings and Anne Stafford
• This information was last updated on December 4, 2022.

Household of Francis Hastings 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, K.G., K.B.

He is married to Catherine de la Pole.

They got married on June 25, 1532 at Ashby, Leceistershire, England, he was 18 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Elizabeth Hastings  1546-1621 
2. Frances Ann Hastings  1533-1574 
3. Henry Hastings  1533-1595
4. Catherine Hastings  1542-1576 
5. William Hastings  1537-???? 
6. George Hastings  1540-1604 
7. Edward Hastings  1542-1603 
8. Walter Hastings  1544-1616
9. Ann Hastings  1548-????
10. Francis Hastings  1550-1610
11. Mary Hastings  1552-????

Notes about Francis Hastings 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, K.G., K.B.

TITLE: 4th Lord Hastings, K.G., K.B.

[maclaren.ged]

"On New Years day, 1553, we find this nobleman presenting to King Edward V I, in a purse  of red silk,five sovereigns and eight half-sovereigns; a nd receiving in return a gilt cup and cover, weighing twenty onces." pa ge 1395
Burke's Peerage and Baronetage

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E: HASTINGS
(2nd E. Huntingdon)
Born: 1514, Ashby, Leicestershire, England
Died: 25 Jan 1569, Ashby, Leicestershire, England
Notes: Knight of the Garter <../Documents/Knights of the Garter.htm>.
Father: George HASTINGS (1º E. Huntingdon) <../ E. Huntingdon).htm>
Mother: Anne STAFFORD (C. Huntingdon) <../ STAFFORD (C. Huntingdon).htm>
Married: Catherine POLE (C. Huntingdon) <../ POLE (C. Huntingdon).htm> 25 Jun 1532, Ashby, Leicestershire, England
Children:
1. Henry HASTINGS (3º E. Huntingdon) <../ E. Huntingdon).htm>
2. George HASTINGS (4º E. Huntingdon) <../ E. Huntingdon).htm>
3. Edward HASTINGS (Sir) <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/%20HASTINGS%20(Sir)1>
4. Catherine HASTINGS (C. Lincoln) <../ HASTINGS (C. Lincoln).htm>
5. Frances Anne HASTINGS (B. Compton) <../ Anne HASTINGS (B. Compton).htm>
6. Walter HASTINGS <../ HASTINGS1.htm>
7. Elizabeth HASTINGS (C. Worcester) <../ HASTINGS (C. Worcester).htm>
8. Anne HASTINGS <../ HASTINGS4.htm>
9. Francis HASTINGS <../ HASTINGS1.htm>
10. Mary HASTINGS <../ HASTINGS2.htm>
11. William HASTINGS <../ HASTINGS3.htm>

Born ABT 1514, son of George Hastings, first Earl of Huntingdon, by his wife, Anne Stafford, sister of the Duke of Buckingham and reputed the be the Mistress of King Henry VIII <../aboutHenryVIII.htm> or his friend Sir William Compton . Francis Hastings was summoned to Parliament as Lord Hastings on 3 Nov 1529, the same day his father was created Earl of Huntingdon. The following year he was appointed steward of two abbeys. He was made a Knight of the Bath in 1533 and succeeded his father to the earldom on 24 Mar 1545.
At the coronation of Edward VI <../aboutEdward.htm>, he carried St. Edward's staff and played a prominent part in the jousting which followed. He backed Northumberland against the Lord Protector Somerset in the government of the boy king <../aboutEdward.htm> and conducted Somerset to the Tower on 13 Oct 1549, the same day he was created a Knight of the Garter.
He served as lieutenant general and chief captain in the army and fleet that was engaged in the struggle for Boulogne, in which service he complained bitterly about the lack of equipment and money. In 1550, Northumberland now in full control, he was made a member of the Privy Council. In 1552 he accompanied Edward VI <../aboutEdward.htm> on his progress and the following year attended Northumberland as he visited the north, when the latter urged the King <../aboutEdward.htm> to give Huntingdon the estates in Leicestershire forfeited by John Beaumont. The King <../aboutEdward.htm> did so and Huntingdon gave the manor of Grace Dieu to Beaumont's widow.
On May 21, 1553, Huntingdon's son and heir, , married Northumberland 's daughter Catherine, the same day as Northumberland 's son, Lord Guildford Dudley , married Lady Jane Grey <../aboutJaneGrey.htm>.
Huntingdon signed the document <../Documents/EdwardWill.htm> naming Lady Jane Grey <../aboutJaneGrey.htm> as heir to the throne and accompanied Northumberland to Cambridge where she was proclaimed. He was seized by forces loyal to Queen Mary <../aboutMary.htm> and taken to the Tower. He was released the following Jan and sent in pursuit of Lady Jane Grey <../aboutJaneGrey.htm>'s father, the Duke of Suffolk , who had risen in revolt. He accompanied Suffolk to the Tower and was present at the execution of Sir Thomas Wyatt there.
Having married the niece of Reginald, Cardinal Pole <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/ReginaldPole(Cardinal).htm>, whom Queen Mary <../aboutMary.htm> had made Archbishop of Canterbury, he did not suffer under the Queens <../aboutMary.htm> attempts to restore Catholicism, but was undoubtedly Protestant at heart.
Queen Elizabeth <../aboutElizabeth.htm> appointed him master of the hart-hounds after her succession.
In 1583, his youngest daughter, Mary, received a formal proposal of marriage from Ivan IV "the Terrible," Czar of Russia, presented at Court by his Ambassador. She declined the offer.
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