The Marquess of Hastings | |
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 Portrait of the 2nd Marquess of Hastings by Josef Kriehuber (1843) | |
| Lord of the Bedchamber | |
| In office 1830–1831 | |
| Preceded by | New monarch |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess of Queensberry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 4 February 1808 |
| Died | 13 January 1844 (aged 35) |
| Spouse | |
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| Parent(s) | Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira Flora Mure-Campbell, Countess of Loudoun |
| Residence | Donington Hall |
George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Marquess of Hastings (4 February 1808 – 13 January 1844), styled Lord Rawdon from birth until 1817 and Earl of Rawdon from 1817 to 1826, was a British peer and courtier.
Rawdon was born in 1808, the eldest son of Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira (later 1st Marquess of Hastings) and his wife, Flora Mure-Campbell, 6th Countess of Loudoun.[1]
Inheriting his father's titles in 1826 (and later, his mother's in 1840), Lord Hastings was a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King William IV from 1830 to 1831.
On his father's death, he inherited a heavily mortgaged Donington Hall in Leicestershire. His chief passion was foxhunting and he kept his own pack of hounds at the hall in purpose-built kennels.[2]
On 1 August 1831, Lord Hastings was married to Barbara Yelverton, 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn.[1] She was the only daughter and heiress of Henry Yelverton, 19th Baron Grey de Ruthyn and his wife, the former Anna Maria Kelham (daughter of William Kelham). Her father, who died seven months after her birth, was a tenant and sometime friend of Lord Byron.[3] Together, Barbara and George were the parents of six children:
He died an early death on 13 January 1844, at the age of 35. He was succeeded by his 12-year-old eldest son, Paulyn, who himself died in Ireland six years later. Paulyn was succeeded in turn by his younger brother Lord Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings, later 4th Marquess of Hastings and 9th Earl of Loudoun.[4]
On 9 April 1845, fifteen months after her first husband's death, Barbara married Captain Hastings Reginald Henry (1808–1878), who in 1849 took the name of Yelverton by royal licence. They settled at Efford House near Lymington and had one daughter, Barbara Yelverton (12 January 1849 – 1 October 1924), who married John Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baron Churston.[6]
