Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon (18 January 1609 – 13 February 1656), was the son of Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon, and Lady Elizabeth Stanley, the daughter of Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby, and Alice Spencer. He married Lucy, daughter of Sir John Davies, on 7 August 1623.

He was MP for Leicestershire in 1625 and again in 1628–29.

Ferdinando's family seat, Ashby de la Zouch Castle, was destroyed by Oliver Cromwell's troops in the English Civil War in 1646. He died of smallpox at age 47 and was succeeded by his son, Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon.

There is a monument to him in St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

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Parliament of England Preceded bySir Thomas HesilrigeSir Henry Hastings Member of Parliament for Leicestershire 1625 With: Sir Wolstan Dixie Succeeded byFrancis StaresmoreSir Henry Hastings Preceded byFrancis StaresmoreSir Henry Hastings Member of Parliament for Leicestershire 1628–1629 With: Sir Edward Hartopp Parliament suspended until 1640 Political offices Preceded byThe 5th Earl of Huntingdon Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershirejointly with The 5th Earl of Huntingdon 1638–1642 VacantTitle next held byThe Lord Loughborough Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire 1643–1655 Succeeded byThe 7th Earl of Huntingdon Lord Lieutenant of Rutlandjointly with The 5th Earl of Huntingdon 1638–1642 VacantTitle next held byThe Viscount Campdon Peerage of England Preceded byHenry Hastings Earl of Huntingdon 1643–1655 Succeeded byTheophilus Hastings Baron Hastings(writ in acceleration) 1640–1655
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