Biography of Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon 1586-1643
Paternal Family Tree: Hastings
Maternal Family Tree: Anne Pakenham 1485-1544
Before 24 Apr 1586 [his father] Francis Hastings (age 26) and [his mother] Sarah Harrington (age 21) were married. He the son of George Hastings 4th Earl Huntingdon (age 46) and Dorothy Port Countess Huntingdon.
On 24 Apr 1586 Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon was born to Francis Hastings (age 26) and Sarah Harrington (age 21) at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. He was educated at Gray's Inn.
On 17 Dec 1595 [his father] Francis Hastings (age 35) died.
On 15 Jan 1601 Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon (age 14) and Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon (age 13) were married. She the daughter of Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby and Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 51). They were fourth cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
In 1604 Melbourne Castle [Map] and its grounds were bought by Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon (age 17). Between 1610 and 1637 was destroyed and its stones re-used.
On 30 Dec 1604 [his grandfather] George Hastings 4th Earl Huntingdon (age 64) died. His grandson Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon (age 18) succeeded 5th Earl Huntingdon, 10th Baron Botreaux, 9th Baron Hungerford, 7th Baron Moleyns and 7th Baron Hastings. [his wife] Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon (age 16) by marriage Countess Huntingdon.
Around 1605 [his daughter] Elizabeth Hastings was born to Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon (age 18) and [his wife] Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon (age 16).
In 1606 [his daughter] Alice Hastings Lady Clifton was born to Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon (age 19) and [his wife] Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon (age 17).
The Huntingdon Peerage Chapter IX Ferdinando Sixth Earl of Huntingdon. [his son] FERDINANDO, sixth Earl of Huntingdon, heir and successor of Henry the fifth Earl (age 21), was born at Ashby [Map], January 11th, 1608. In March, 1627, he was returned to serve in Parliament for the county of Leicester, and two years after was joined with his father in the Lieutenancy of the counties of Leicester and Rutland. By indenture, dated May, 1638, he and his brother [his son] Henry, in consideration of the sum of 4,50l. granted, to John Earl of Bridgewater (age 29) and Thomas Davies, a moiety of the rectory of Mould, otherwise Mouldesdale, in Flintshire. On the 13th of November, 1641, his father being then still living, he had summons to Parliament amongst the barons of the realm; and in 1643 he succeeded to the family honours. He married [his future daughter-in-law] Lucy, daughter and sole heir to Sir John Davys (age 38), of Englefield, Berks, Knt. (Premier Serjeant at Law to James the First, and Charles the First, as also Solicitor, and afterwards Attorney General in Ireland, and finally Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench,) by his wife Lady Eleanor (age 18), youngest daughter of George Lord Audley, Earl of Castlehaven (age 57), and, settling at Donnington Park, had by her four sons; Henry, John, Ferdinando, and Theophilus, born after the decease of his three brothers; and likewise six daughters, Alice, Eleanor, both of whom died young; Elizabeth, married to Sir James Laughan, of Cottesbroke, in Nottinghamshire, Bart, being his second wife, and dying without issue; Lucy, who died unmarried; Mary, espoused to Sir William Joliffe, of Caverswell Castle in Staffordshire, Knt.; and lastly Christiana.
On 18 Jan 1608 [his son] Ferdinando Hastings 6th Earl Huntingdon was born to Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon (age 21) and [his wife] Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon (age 20).
On 28 Sep 1610 [his son] Henry Hastings 1st Baron Loughborough was born to Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon (age 24) and [his wife] Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon (age 22) at Loughborough.
On 07 Aug 1623 [his son] Ferdinando Hastings 6th Earl Huntingdon (age 15) and [his daughter-in-law] Lucy Davies Countess Huntingdon (age 10) were married. He the son of Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon (age 37) and Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon (age 35). He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Before 1628 [his step-father] Thomas Edmondes Lord Treasurer (age 65) and [his mother] Sarah Harrington (age 62) were married.
In 1629 [his mother] Sarah Harrington (age 64) died.
In 1633 [his wife] Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon (age 44) died.
On 23 Oct 1643 [his son] Henry Hastings 1st Baron Loughborough (age 33) was created 1st Baron Loughborough.
On 14 Nov 1643 Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon (age 57) died. His son [his son] Ferdinando Hastings 6th Earl Huntingdon (age 35) succeeded 6th Earl Huntingdon, 11th Baron Botreaux, 10th Baron Hungerford, 8th Baron Moleyns and 8th Baron Hastings. [his daughter-in-law] Lucy Davies Countess Huntingdon (age 30) by marriage Countess Huntingdon.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Philip "The Fair" IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hungerford 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Percy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham Duchess Bedford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
GrandFather: George Hastings 4th Earl Huntingdon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Pole
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Pole 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Edith St John 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Pole 1st Baron Montagu 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George York 1st Duke of Clarence 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret York Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Neville 4th and 2nd Baron Bergavenny 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Bergavenny 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fenne Baroness Bergavenny
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Neville Baroness Montagu 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fitzalan 17th Earl Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan Baroness Bergavenny 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Woodville Countess Arundel 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Father: Francis Hastings 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Port
GrandMother: Dorothy Port Countess Huntingdon
Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Harrington
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Harrington
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Culpepper
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Harrington
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Alexander Harrington
GrandFather: James Harrington
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Moton of Peckleton in Leicestershire
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Moton
Mother: Sarah Harrington
Great x 3 Grandfather: William IV Sidney
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Sidney
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Sidney
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Brandon
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Brandon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Brandon
GrandMother: Lucy Sidney
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Pakenham
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Pakenham
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Pakenham