HASTINGS, Theophilus (1696-1746)
Gov. Foundling Hospital 1739–d.
mezzotint by John Faber, aft. Sir G. Kneller, 1733, NPG D30852.
Gov. Foundling Hospital 1739–d.
mezzotint by John Faber, aft. Sir G. Kneller, 1733, NPG D30852.
Dep. lt. Cornw. bef. 1702–d.
Capt., gent. pens. 1682–9;
Custos rot., Leics. 1675 – 80, 1681 – 89; recorder, Leicester 1684–9;
Col., regt. of ft. (later 13th Regt) 1685–9.
mezzotint by Robert Williams, aft Sir Godfrey Kneller, c.1687, NPG D30851.
Ensign, Pendennis Castle 1666 – 81, capt. lt. and dep. gov. 1681 – 87, gov. 1689 – d.; lt. col. militia ft. Cornw. by 1679; capt. earl of Bath’s Regt. (later 10th Ft.) 1686 – Apr. 1688.
Commr. assessment, Cornw. 1667 – 80, recusants, Cornw. 1675; alderman, Tregony and Truro 1685 – 87; freeman, Bodmin, Liskeard, Mitchell and Penryn 1685 – Sept. 1688.
Master of horse to the queen mother by 1665–9.
Lt. col. of ft. (royalist) by 1646; col. of militia ft. Dec. 1660 – d.
Gov. Pendennis Castle Sept. 1660 – d.; commr. for assessment 1661 – 65; dep. lt. Cornw. 1662 – d.; commr. for corporations 1662 – 63, loyal and indigent officers 1662, oyer and terminer, Western circuit 1665; stannator of Tywarnwhaile 1663; freeman, Plymouth 1684, Liskeard, Bodmin, Mitchell and Penryn 1685.
Capt., coy of foot ?-1692.
Sec. to James, duke of York, 1648 – 57; gent. of the privy chamber 1656 – 61; kpr. of the privy purse 1661 – 62; PC 15 Oct. 1662 – d.; sec. of state (South) 1662 – 74; comptroller of prizes 1664 – 67; postmaster gen. (jt.) 1665–6 (sole) 1667–77;
Resident amb. Madrid 1657 – 61; amb. extraordinary France and Low Countries June – July 1672; special amb. (jt.) Low Countries 10 Nov. 1674 – 7 Jan. 1675.
Commr. assessment, Mdx. 1661 – 65, Westminster 1663 – 65, loyal and indigent officers, London and Westminster 1662; freeman, Portsmouth 1665; gov. Charterhouse 1667; steward, Norwich Cathedral 1668; gov. Deal castle 1668;
Asst. Roy. Adventurers into Africa by 1664 – 67, 1669 – 71, Roy. Fishing Co. 1664, Roy. Africa Co. 1673; Grandmaster of freemasons, 1679–d.
Oil on canvas by P. Lely, c.1655-70, NPG 1853; oil on canvas by P. Lely, c.1676, Christ Church, Oxf and National Trust, Kedleston Hall.
Marshall, King’s Bench prison 1686–8;
Capt., Col. Fitzgerald’s Rgt. of Ft. 1672–7;