HASTINGS, Theophilus (1650-1701) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 10 Dec. 1650, 4th but o. surv. s. of Ferdinando Hastings^†, 6th earl of Huntingdon and Lucy (1613-79), da. of Sir John Davies^‡ of Englefield, Berks; educ. private (tutors, Jean Gailhard 1657-60, John Davys 1660-66, Howard Beecher 1666-?71). m. (1) 19 Feb. 1672 (with £4,000) Elizabeth (1654-88), da. of Sir John Lewis, bt. of Ledstone, Yorks., 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 6da. (5 d.v.p.), HEHL, HAG, Box 1 (32); Bodl. Carte 78, ff. 201, 412, 415-16. (2) 8 May 1690 Frances (d.1723), da. of Francis Leveson Fowler of Harnage Grange, Salop., wid. of Thomas Needham, 6th Visct. Kilmorey [I], 2s., 5da. (1 d.v.p.). Henry Nugent Bell, The Huntingdon Peerage, 140-1. d. 30 May 1701; will 18 Apr. 1698 – 13 Mar. 1700, pr. 19 June 1701. TNA, PROB 11/460.

Offices Held

Capt., gent. pens. 1682–9; CSP Dom. 1684–5, pp. 47, 74; CSP Dom. 1685, pp. 35, 40. PC 28 Feb. 1683 – 24 Dec. 1688; commr. claims at coronation of James II 1685, HEHL, HAG, Box 1 (32). ecclesiastical causes 1687–8; CSP Dom. 1686–7, p. 338; HEHL, HAG, Box 1 (32); HA Religious [hereafter HAR], Box 2 (5); HA Parliament [hereafter HAP], Box 4 (9); HMC Hastings, iv. 354–5. c.j. in eyre, south of Trent 1686–9; CSP Dom. 1685, p. 421; CSP Dom. 1686–7, p. 315. groom of stole to Prince George of Denmark, later duke of Cumberland, 1687–9. Longleat, Bath mss, Thynne pprs. 42, f. 326; Luttrell, Brief Relation, i. 425.

Custos rot., Leics. 1675 – 80, 1681 – 89; recorder, Leicester 1684–9; Recs of the Borough of Leicester, iv. 563, 571, 597; CSP Dom. 1687–9, p. 263. steward, honour of Leicester 1685–9; Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Office-holders, 179. ld. lt., Leics. 1687 – 89, Derbys. 1687–9. CSP Dom. 1687–9, pp. 47, 111.

Col., regt. of ft. (later 13th Regt) 1685–9. CSP Dom. 1685, p. 215.

Parlimentarian

HASTINGS, Theophilus (1650-1701)

Associated with: Donington Park, Leics. (to 1677); Gerard Street, Westminster (from 1677).HEHL, HA Genealogy [hereafter HAG], Box 1 (32); HLQ, xv. 386-8, 391; HMC Hastings, ii. 181-6.;

Likenesses

mezzotint by Robert Williams, aft Sir Godfrey Kneller, c.1687, NPG D30851.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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