Name Ferdinando 6th Role 6th Earl of Huntingdon | Died February 13, 1656 Spouse Lucy Hastings (m. 1623) | |
Children Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon Parents Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon, Elizabeth Stanley, Countess of Huntingdon Siblings Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough Grandchildren Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon, George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon | ||
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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