Abney-Hastings

Descendantcy of the name and arms of Abney-Hastings through Loudoun:

34.  Lady Elizabth Hastings, born on 23-03-1731, died on 11-04-1808 in Moira House. Suo jure Baroness Botreux, Hungerford, de Moleyns. Married on 26-02-1752 to John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira, born on 17-03-1720, died on 20-06-1793, son of Sir John Rawdon, of Moira, 3rd Baronet and Dorothy Levinge.

35.  Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, born on 09-12-1754 in Dublin, died on 28-11-1826 in "Revenge", Baia Bay of Naples. Married 12-07-1804 in Grosvenor Square to Flora Muir Campbell, , Countess of Loudon, born aug. 1780, died on 08-01-1840 in Kelburne Castle, buried in Loudoun.

36.  George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings,  2nd Marquess of Hastings, born on 04-02-1808 in St. Jame´s Place, died on 13-01-1844 in Southampton, buried on 22-01-1844 in Castle Donington. Married on 01-08-1831 in Wolston-cum-Brandon to Barbara Yelverton, 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn, born on 29-05-1810 in Brandon House, died on 19-11-1858 in Rome, buried in Rome, daughter of Henry Edward Yelverton, 19t Lord Grey de Ruthyn and Anna Maria Kelham.

37.  Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings, afterwards: Abney-Hastings, born on 10-12-1833, died on 23-01-1874 in Ventnor, Isle-of-Wight, buried in Donington. In 1859 she and her husband assumed by Act of Parliament  the surname and arms of Abney-Hastings only. Married on 30-04-1853 in St. George´s, Hanover Square to Charles Frederick Clifton Clifton, afterwards: Abney-Hastings, 1st Baron Donington, born on 17-06-1822, died on 24-07-1895 in Donington Park. See also the grant of arms of Abney-Hastings.

38.  Paulyn Francis Cuthbert Rawdon-Hastings, Major 3rd Bn. Leicester Regt. Born on 21-10-1856. Assumed by by Royal Licence, 1887, the surname of Rawdon-Hastings, instead of Abney‑Hastings. Married on 20-12-1881 to Lady Maud Grimston, died on 03-09-1929, daughter of Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam.

39.  Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings, Countess of Loudoun, 12th holder of this peerage, born on 13-05-1883, died on 24-02-1960. Married on 12-12-1916, divorced 1947 from Major Regnal Mowbray Chichester Huddleston. Assumed by Royal Licence, dated 15.1.1918, the name and arms of Abney-Hastings, in lieu of Huddleston.

40.  Barbara  Huddleston Abney-Hastings, Baroness of Loudoun, Baroness Tarrinzean and Mauchline in Scotland, Baroness Botreaux, Stanley and Hastings in England, Hereditary Bearer of one of the Golden Spurs, born on 03-07-1919, died 1-11-2002.. Married (1) on 05-09-1939, divorced 1945 from  Capt. Wakter Strickland Lord. Married (2) on 21-11-1945 to Gilbert Frederick Greenwood. died on 24-05-1951. Married (3) on 15-09-1954 to Peter Griffiths, died 4-01-2002. Assumed with his wife by Deed Poll 1955, te surname of Abney-Hastings in lieu of Griffith.

            From the first marriage:

1.                  Michael Edward Abney-Hastings, the present and 14th Earl of Loudon, born on 22-07-1942.  Surname assumed by Deed Poll 1946.  See the article: Aussie in claim to the throne.

            From the second marriage:

2.                  Seline Mary Abney-Hstings, born on 19-12-1946

3.         Fredrick James Abney-Hastings,  born on 29-01-1949.

            From the third marriage:

            4.         Margaret Maud Abney-Hastings,born on 10-02-1956.

            5.         Mary Joy Abney-Hastings, born on 18-03-1957.

            6.         Clare Louisa Abney-Hastings, born on 08-12-1958.

• Sources:
• Burke's Peerage and Baronetage
• Cokayne's ' The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom'