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.
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, 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, 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, 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. FERDINANDO, brother of Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon (qv); b. 23 Jan 1732/3; adm. Oct 1741 (Preston's); d. at Mrs Preston’s boarding house, Dean’s Yard, 21 Apr 1743. Buried North Transept, Westminster Abbey.
HASLEWOOD, THOMAS, son of John Haslewood, Oxford, apothecary, and Mary, dau. of Rev. Richard Imings, Stratford [Toney ?], Wiltshire; bapt. 13 Sep 1657; adm.; KS 1671; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1675, matr. 18 Jun 1675, aged 17, Westminster Student from 29 Dec 1675; BA 1679 (College Act Book); d. 14 Jun 1680. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
HASLAM, CHRISTOPHER, son of William Haslam, Newark, Notts., apothecary; bapt. Newark, Notts. 17 Nov 1692 (IGI); adm.; QS (aged 15) 1708; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1712, matr. 4 Jul 1712, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1712 – void 1726, Tutor 1720-6, Junior Censor 1724; BA 1716; MA 12 Mar 1718/9; ordained; Rector of Nettlecombe, Somerset, from 1725; Rector of Kentisbeare, Devon, from 28 Jun 1742; Prebendary of Wells from 22 Nov 1754; d. 1 Jul 1755.
Haskell, Arnold Lionel David, son of Jacob Silas Haskell, of Kensington, chairman of the Eastern Bank, Ltd., by Emmy, daughter of Arnold Mesritz, of Amsterdam; b. July 19, 1903; adm. from Harrow Sept. 27, 1917 (R); left Easter 1921; Trin. Hall, Camb., matric. Michael mas 1922; B.A. 1926; M.A. 1930; a writer and lecturer on the ballet; vice-president, Royal Academy of Dancing; director of Royal Ballet School since 1946; C.B.E. 1954; author of Some Studies in Ballet (1928) and other works; m. 1927, Vera Saitzoff; d. 14 Nov. 1980.
Harwood, Thomas Eustace, only son of the Rev. Thomas Eustace Harwood, Vicar of Old Windsor, Berks, by Jane Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Barratt, of Wellington, Salop; b. April 13, 1875; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 1889; Mure Scholar 1892; Captain of the School 1893; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1894, matric. Oct. 1894; B.A. 1898; Edinburgh Univ.; Mackie Bursary 1906-8, M.B. and Ch. B. 1909; was Resident Ophthalmic Officer at King George's Military Hospital, London, 1915-9; mentioned in despatches; practised at Farnham, Surrey; author of The Eyes and the Body (1918), Windsor Old and New (1929); d. Aug. 31, 1931.