Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon
Noble person
1609 – 1656
Who was Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon?
Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon, was the son of Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon, and Lady Elizabeth Stanley, the daughter of Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby, and Alice Spencer. He married Lucy, daughter of Sir John Davies, on 7 August 1623.
He was MP for Leicestershire in 1625 and again in 1628–29.
Ferdinando's family seat, Ashby de la Zouch Castle, was destroyed by Oliver Cromwell's troops in the English Civil War in 1646. He died of smallpox at age 47 and was succeeded by his son, Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon.
There is a monument to him in St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
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- Born
- Jan 18, 1609
Loughborough - Also known as
- Ferdinando Hastings
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Lucy Hastings
(1623/08/07 - )
- Lucy Hastings
- Children
- Nationality
- England
- Died
- Feb 13, 1656
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on July 23, 2013
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