George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon

George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon (1540 – 30 December, 1604) was an English nobleman.

He was a son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole. He was a younger brother of Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon.

Ancestry

His paternal grandparents were George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon. His maternal grandparents were Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu and Jane Neville. Jane was a daughter of George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny and Margaret Fenne.

Anne Stafford was a daughter of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Catherine Woodville. Henry Pole was a son of Sir Richard Pole and Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury. Margaret was the only daughter of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence and Isabella Plantagenet, Duchess of Clarence.

Both Buckingham and Clarence were descendants of the House of Plantagenet, were close relatives to various monarchs of England and entertained hopes for the throne during their lifetimes.

Marriage

George married Dorothy Port. They had five children:

• Francis Hastings, Baron Hastings (1560 - 17 December 1595). He was father to Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon.
• Henry Hastings (1562 - 5 October 1650).
• Sir Edward Hastings.
• Catherine Hastings. Married first Sir Walter Chetmynd and secondly Sir Edward Unton. Her second husband was a son of Edward Unton and Anne Seymour. Anne was a daughter of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and Anne Stanhope.
• Dorothy Hastings. Married first Robert Dillon and secondly James Stewart.

Through Francis, George was a 12th-generation ancestor of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.