George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon
Noble person
1540 – 1604
Who was George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon?
Sir George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon 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. He succeeded Henry as the 4th Earl.
He was High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1571 and knight of the shire for Derbyshire in 1562 and Leicestershire in 1584–87. He was invested as a knight in 1565. They lived at Gopsall and then Loughborough, both in Leicestershire.
He was succeeded by his grandson Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon.
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- 1540
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- Nationality
- Kingdom of England
- Died
- Dec 30, 1604
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on July 23, 2013
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