HASTINGS, FRANCIS, 10TH EARL OF HUNTINGDON, eldest son of Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon, and Lady Selina Shirley, second dau. of Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers; b. 13 Mar 1728/9; adm. Apr 1737 (Bourne's); styled Lord Hastings to 1746; succ. father as 10th Earl of Huntingdon 13 Oct 1746; Head Town Boy 1746; left 1747; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Jun 1747; Grand Tour (France, Spain, Italy) c. 1750-6, again travelling in Italy 1771-4; Master of the Horse to George III when Prince of Wales 1756-60; Master of the Horse 18 Nov 1760 – 3 Apr 1761; Privy Councillor 2 Dec 1760; Groom of the Stole and First Lord of the Bedchamber 3 Apr 1761 – 10 Jan 1770; bearer of Third Sword of State at coronation of George III 22 Sep 1761; DL Yorkshire West Riding 1757, Lord Lieut. 25 Feb 1763 – 12 Sep 1765; FRS 2 Mar 1758; FSA 10 Nov 1768; one of the leaders of fashionable society; Busby Trustee 17 Apr 1780; d. unm. 2 Oct 1789.
HASTINGS, HON. GEORGE, brother of Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon (qv); b. 29 Mar 1730; adm. Jun 1740 (Bourne's); d. 20 Dec 1743. Buried North Transept, Westminster Abbey.
HASTINGS, HON. HENRY, brother of Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon (qv); b. 12 Dec 1739; in school list 1754; a boarder (Burges') in 1757; d. unm. 13 Sep 1758.
Hastings, John Maurice, son of Percy Hastings, of Wimbledon, by Lilian Julia, daughter of Arthur Bass; b. Sept. 7, 1896; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (A); left Easter 1911; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 7th Batt. London Regt. Sept. 28, 1914, transferred to 1st London Divisional Signal Co. R.E. (T. F.) June 27, 1915; joint master of the Vine Hunt 1929-32 and of the H. H. 1932-; m. May 10, 1926, Rosemary, daughter of Frederick Goodrich Crane, of Daito, Mass., U. S. A.
HASTINGS, WARREN, second son of Rev. Penyston Hastings, Vicar of Bledington, Gloucs., and Hester, dau. of Thomas Warren, Stubhill, near Twining, Gloucs.; b. 6 Dec 1732; adm. May 1743 (Gibson's); KS (Capt.) 1747; left 1749; Writer, EICS Bengal 1749; landed at Calcutta 8 Oct 1750; Resident, Murshidabad 1757-60; member of council, Calcutta 1761-4; returned to England 1764; gave evidence on India to a committee of the House of Commons 1766; Second on Council, Madras 1769-72; Governor of Bengal 13 Apr 1772 – Oct 1774, Governor-Gen. of Bengal 20 Oct 1774 – Feb 1785; reorganised financial and judicial system in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa; assisted Nawab of Oudh against the Rohillas; took measures against dacoits; named as first Governor-General of Bengal in Act of 1773; opposed by majority on new Council; charged with corruption by Nuncomar, who was subsequently arrested on a charge of forgery in a private suit instigated by an Indian, and hanged; took measures to improve the EI Company’s finances; supported by Supreme Court, Calcutta, which ignored the acceptance by the Company’s directors of his provisional resignation; fought a duel with Sir Philip Francis, who had persistently opposed him in Council, 17 Aug 1780; drove Haidar Ali out of the Carnatic; deposed Chait Singh, Zemindar of Benares, and seized his treasure 1781; suspected of conniving at the imprisonment of the Begums of Oudh and the seizure of their property; concluded treaty with Tippoo Sultan in 1783 which laid foundation for British supremacy in India; founded Asiatic Society of Bengal and the Calcutta Madrisa; left India Feb 1785; returned to England 13 Jun 1785; his impeachment on ground of corruption and cruelty in his administration of Bengal voted by a large majority in the House of Commons 3 Apr 1787; his trial in Westminster Hall occupied 145 days between 13 Feb 1788 and 23 Apr 1795, but resulted in an acquittal; retired to estate at Daylesford, Worcs., purchased by him in 1788; Privy Councillor 6 May 1814; FRS 25 Jun 1801; DCL Oxford 30 Jun 1813; one of donors of Warren Hastings Cup; m. 1st, 1757 Mary, widow of Capt. John Buchanan, Craigieven; m. 2nd, 8 Aug 1777 Anna Maria Apollonia, mother of Sir Charles Imhoff (qv), widow of Baron Christopher Adam Carl von Imhoff, and dau. of Baron von Chapuset; d. 22 Aug 1818. DNB. Monument in North Transept, Westminster Abbey.
HATCH, HYDE, son of James Hatch, Marsham Street, Westminster, and Sandon, Herts., and Mary Taylor, St. Martin in the Fields, widow; b.; adm. (aged 7) Jun 1721; Min. Can. 1727; KS 1728; apprenticed to Thomas Parnell, Register of Court of Chancery 1731; m. 2 Feb 1734 Ann Stock.
HATCH, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 11) Mar 1724/5; left 1725.
HATFEILD, ---; b.; in school lists 1764, 1765; left Christmas 1765. [Note John Hatfeild, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. 11 Mar 1766]