Baron Hastings is a title that has been created three times. The first creation was in the

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in 1290, and is extant. The second creation was in the Peerage of England in 1299, and became extinct on the death of the first holder in c. 1314. The third creation was in the Peerage of England in 1461, and has been in

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since 1960.

1290 creation

John Hastings was summoned to Parliament as Lord Hastings in 1290. He was the son of

Henry de Hastings Henry de Hastings (c. 1235–c. 1268) of Ashill, Norfolk,G. E. Cokayne, ''The Complete Peerage'', n.s., vol.VI, p.345 was a supporter of Simon de Montfort in his rebellion against King Henry III. He led the Londoners at the Battle of Lewes in 1264 ...

, who had been created ''Baron Hastings'' by Simon de Montfort in 1263. Since the first Baron's title does not appear to have been recognised by the King, although his son John Hastings is sometimes referred to as the second Baron Hastings, the majority of historians enumerate John as 1st Baron Hastings. John Hastings's grandson, the third Baron Hastings, was created

Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke Laurence de Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke (20 March 131920 August 1348) was a Norman English nobleman and held the titles 1st Earl of Pembroke (4th creation), Baron Abergavenny and Baron Hastings under Edward II of England and Edward III of Engla ...

in 1339. The latter's son, the second Earl of Pembroke, married as his second wife Anne Hastings, 2nd Baroness Manny. Their son, the third Earl and fifth Baron Hastings, succeeded his mother as third Baron Manny. On his death in 1389 the earldom and barony of Manny became extinct, while the barony of Hastings became dormant. It then became the subject of a bitter-fought lawsuit, nominally over the right to the Hastings arms but including the right to the family honours. The barony was claimed by Hugh Hastings (1377–1396) (later deemed the ''de jure'' 7th Baron Hastings; see below). He was the eldest son of Sir Hugh Hastings, grandson of Sir Hugh Hastings (c. 1307–1347), son of the second Baron by his second wife. Hugh claimed the title as "heir of the half blood". However, the claim was contested by

Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn Reynold Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Ruthyn (c. 1362 – 30 September 1440), a powerful Welsh marcher lord, succeeded to the title on his father's death in July 1388. Lineage Reginald Grey was the eldest son of Reynold Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Rut ...

, as "heir of the whole blood". Lord Grey de Ruthyn claimed the Barony in right of his grandmother Elizabeth, daughter of the second Baron Hastings by his first wife. On the early death of Hugh Hastings in 1396 the claim passed to his younger brother Edward Hastings (1382–1438) (later deemed the ''de jure'' 8th Baron Hastings; see below). In 1410 a court decided in favour of Grey. Hastings immediately appealed, and at the coronation of

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in 1413, he claimed the right to carry the spurs before the King, which Lord Grey de Ruthyn had done undisputed in 1399 at the coronation of Henry IV. Hastings was later ordered to pay the costs of the trial. When he refused, he was imprisoned in 1417. He remained imprisoned until 1433, but refused to buy his release by abandoning his claims. No final decision regarding the Barony was made at the time, but both families continued to claim the title. The Greys finally abandoned their claim in 1639. After the title had been dormant for 452 years, in 1841 the

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decided that the rightful successor to the third Earl of Pembroke and fifth Baron Hastings was his kinsman John Hastings, ''de jure'' 6th Baron Hastings. He was the eldest son of Sir Hugh Hastings, younger son of the first Baron. His successor should have been his great-nephew, the aforementioned Hugh Hastings, ''de jure'' 7th Baron Hastings. The next holder should have been his younger brother, the aforementioned Edward Hastings, ''de jure'' 8th Baron Hastings. On the death of the latter's great-great-great-grandson, the ''de jure'' 15th Baron, the peerage technically fell into abeyance between the Baron's sisters Anne and Elizabeth. The

decision meant that there were three co-heirs to the barony. The decision was in favour of Sir Jacob Astley, 6th Baronet, who was summoned to the

the same year as Lord Hastings. He was a descendant of the aforementioned Elizabeth, sister of the ''de jure'' 15th Baron. Lord Hastings had previously represented West Norfolk in the House of Commons. the titles are held by his great-great-great-grandson, the twenty-third Baron and thirteenth Baronet, who succeeded his father in 2007. The twenty-second Baron served in the Conservative administrations of

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and

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as a government whip from 1961 to 1962 and as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Local Government from 1962 to 1964. The Astley Baronetcy, of Hillmorton in the County of Warwick, had been created in the

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on 25 June 1660 for Jacob Astley. He represented

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in House of Commons for many years. His great-grandson, Edward Astley, also represented Norfolk in Parliament. He married Rhoda Delaval, daughter of Francis Blake Delaval, of Seaton Delaval Hall in

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, and sister of John Delaval, 1st Baron Delaval. Through this marriage the Seaton Delaval estate came into the Astley family when Rhoda's brother did not produce a male heir. Their son, Sir Jacob Henry Astley, was also Member of Parliament for Norfolk. The latter was the father of the sixth Baronet, who succeeded as Baron Hastings in 1841. The family seat was Seaton Delaval Hall, now in the possession of the

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1299 creation

Edmund Hastings of

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(anciently ''Inchmacholmok'') in Perthshire, Scotland, was the younger son of

(c. 1235–c. 1268) of Ashill, Norfolk, (who was summoned to Parliament by

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as Lord Hastings in 1263, but the title was not recognized by King Henry III). He was thus the younger brother of

John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings (6 May 1262 – 28 February 1313), feudal Lord of Abergavenny, was an English peer and soldier. He was one of the Competitors for the Crown of Scotland in 1290/92 in the Great Cause and signed and sealed the ...

(title created 1290). On 29 December 1299 Edmund Hastings was summoned to Parliament as Lord Hastings. The title became extinct on his death without issue at the

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in 1314. His wife (given to him in marriage by King Edward I) was Isabel, ''suo jure'' Countess of Menteith, a Scottish title, and on his seal appended to the Barons' Letter of 1301 he displayed the arms of the early Earls of Menteith: ''Barry wavy of six or and gules''.

1461 creation

Francis, 1st Marquess of Hastings (Earl of Moira)

Sir William Hastings (c. 1430–1483) served as

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and as Ambassador to France. He was summoned to Parliament as Lord Hastings on 26 July 1461. He was a great friend and confidant of

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and one of the wealthiest and most powerful men of his time. Lord Hastings was summarily beheaded on

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in 1483 following an accusation of treason by Richard of Gloucester during the events that led to the latter's coronation. However, as he was not

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for treason the title was passed to his son, Edward, the second Baron, who married Mary, granddaughter of

Robert Hungerford, 3rd Baron Hungerford Robert Hungerford, 3rd Baron Hungerford (c.1429 – 17 May 1464) was an English nobleman. He supported the Lancastrian cause in the War of the Roses. In the late 1440s and early 1450s he was a member of successive parliaments. He was a prisone ...

, who had been attainted in 1461. Mary managed to obtain a reversal of the attainders of the Barony of Hungerford, Barony of Botreaux and Barony of De Moleyns. Their son, the third Baron, inherited the Barony of Hastings from his father and the Baronies of Hungerford, Botreaux and De Moleyns from his mother; in 1513, he was created Earl of Huntingdon. On the death of the tenth Earl in 1789 the earldom became dormant, while the baronies of Hastings, Hungerford, Botreaux and De Moleyns passed on to his sister Elizabeth, the wife of John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira. Their son, the second Earl of Moira, inherited the four baronies on his mother's death in 1808. In 1816 he was created

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. Lord Hastings married Flora Mure-Campbell, 6th Countess of Loudoun. Their son, the second Marquess, also inherited the Earldom of Loudoun from his mother. He married Barbara, 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn. On the death in 1868 of their younger son, the fourth Marquess (who had also succeeded his mother as Baron Grey de Ruthyn), the marquessate became extinct, the Scottish earldom of Loudoun passed on to his eldest sister, while the Baronies of Hastings, Hungerford, Botreaux, De Moleyns and Grey de Ruthyn fell into abeyance between the sisters. In 1871 the Baronies of Botreaux, Hungerford, Moleyns and Hastings were called out of

in favour of Edith, Countess of Loudoun (but not the Barony of Grey de Ruthyn, which was called out of abeyance in 1885 in favour of a different heir). On the death of the Countess of Loudoun's son, the 11th Earl, in 1920, the earldom passed to his eldest niece, Elizabeth, while the four Baronies fell into abeyance between Elizabeth and her younger sisters. In 1921 the Baronies of Hastings and Botreaux were called out of abeyance in favour of Elizabeth (and the Barony of Stanley was called out of abeyance in her favour at the same time). However, the barony of De Moleyns and the barony of Hungerford were called out of abeyance in favour of a different heir (see the

Viscount St Davids Viscount St Davids, of Lydstep Haven in the County of Pembroke, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1918 for John Philipps, 1st Baron St Davids. The Philipps family descends from Sir John Philipps (died 27 March ...

). On Elizabeth's death in 1960 the baronies of Hastings, Stanley and Botreaux fell into abeyance between her daughters. As of 2021, they remain in abeyance.

"Baron Hastings" (1263)

* Henry de Hastings, "1st Baron Hastings" (died 1268), supposed title created by Simon de Montfort, not recognised by King Henry III.

Barons Hastings (1290)

, Lord of the Manor of Hunningham (1262–1313) * John Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, Lord of the Manor of Hunningham (1287–1325) * Lawrence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke, 3rd Baron Hastings (1318–1348) * John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, 4th Baron Hastings (1347–1375) * John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, 5th Baron Hastings (1372–1389) (dormant) *John Hastings, ''de jure'' 6th Baron Hastings (1326–1393), heir by the half blood through his great grandfather *Hugh Hastings, ''de jure'' 7th Baron Hastings (1377–1396), grandson of the 6th Baron * Edward Hastings, ''de jure'' 8th Baron Hastings (1382–1438), brother of the 7th Baron *John Hastings, ''de jure'' 9th Baron Hastings (1411–1477) *Hugh Hastings, ''de jure'' 10th Baron Hastings (1447–1488) *John Hastings, ''de jure'' 11th Baron Hastings (1466–1504) *George Hastings, ''de jure'' 12th Baron Hastings (1474–1512) *John Hastings, ''de jure'' 13th Baron Hastings (1498–1514) *Hugh Hastings, ''de jure'' 14th Baron Hastings (1515–1540) *John Hastings, ''de jure'' 15th Baron Hastings (1531–1542) (abeyant 1542) * Jacob Astley, 16th Baron Hastings, 6th Baronet Astley (1797–1859) (abeyance terminated 1841; confirmed in barony 1841) *Jacob Henry Delaval Astley, 17th Baron Hastings, 7th Baronet Astley (1822–1871) *Delaval Loftus Astley, 18th Baron Hastings, 8th Baronet Astley (1825–1872) *Bernard Edward Delaval Astley, 19th Baron Hastings, 9th Baronet Astley (1855–1875) * George Manners Astley, 20th Baron Hastings, 10th Baronet Astley (1857–1904) *Albert Edward Delaval Astley, 21st Baron Hastings, 11th Baronet Astley (1882–1956) * Edward Delaval Henry Astley, 22nd Baron Hastings, 12th Baronet Astley (1912–2007) * Delaval Thomas Harold Astley, 23rd Baron Hastings (b. 1960) The

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is the present holder's son Hon. Jacob Addison Astley (b. 1991)

Astley baronets, of Hill Morton (1660)

Norwich Cathedral (Holy Trinity) (17692679304)

Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet (ca. 163917 August 1729) of Melton Constable Hall, Norfolk was an English Tory politician and baronet. Background He was the oldest son of Edward Astley and his wife Elizabeth Astley, daughter of his uncle Jacob As ...

(c. 1639–1729) *Sir Philip Astley, 2nd Baronet (1667–1739) *Sir Jacob Astley, 3rd Baronet (1692–1760) *

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(1729–1802) * Sir Jacob Henry Astley, 5th Baronet (1756–1817) * Sir Jacob Astley, 6th Baronet (1797–1859) (succeeded as Baron Hastings in 1841)

Baron Hastings (1299)

* Edmund Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings (c. 1265 –c. 1314)

Baron Hastings (1461)

* William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings (c. 1430–1483) *

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