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Biography of Charles Abney-Hastings 2nd Baronet 1792-1858

Paternal Family Tree: Hastings

On 1st October 1792 Charles Abney-Hastings 2nd Baronet was born to Charles Hastings 1st Baronet (age 40) and Parnel Abney.

Before September 1823 [his father] Charles Hastings 1st Baronet (age 71) and [his mother] Parnel Abney were married. He the illegitmate son of [his grandfather] Francis Hastings 10th Earl Huntingdon.

In September 1823 [his father] Charles Hastings 1st Baronet (age 71) committed suicide. His son Charles (age 30) succeeded 2nd Baronet Hastings of Willesley Hall in Derbyshire.

On 1st December 1823 Charles Abney-Hastings 2nd Baronet (age 31) adopted the additional surname Abney by Royal Licence.

In 1825 Charles Abney-Hastings 2nd Baronet (age 32) was appointed High Sheriff of Derbyshire.

In 1826 Charles Abney-Hastings 2nd Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Leicester which seat he held until 1831.

On 30th July 1858 Charles Abney-Hastings 2nd Baronet (age 65) died. Baronet Hastings of Willesley Hall in Derbyshire extinct. His estates of Blackfordby and Packington were inherited by Henry 4th Marquess Hastings (age 16). Willesley Hall and its estate were left to Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon (age 24) and her husband Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington (age 36) who changed his surname to Abney-Hastings.

Royal Ancestors of Charles Abney-Hastings 2nd Baronet 1792-1858

Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Charles Abney-Hastings 2nd Baronet 1792-1858

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinando Hastings 6th Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Theophilus Hastings 7th Earl Huntingdon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Davies

Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Davies Countess Huntingdon 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Tuchet 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Theophilus Hastings 9th Earl Huntingdon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Leveson Fowler

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Frances Fowler Countess Huntingdon

GrandFather: Francis Hastings 10th Earl Huntingdon 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Shirley 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Okeover

Great x 2 Grandfather: Washington Shirley 2nd Earl Ferrers 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Laurence Washington

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley

Great x 1 Grandmother: Selina Shirley Countess Huntingdon 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Levinge

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Levinge Countess Ferrers

Father: Charles Hastings 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Charles Abney-Hastings 2nd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

GrandFather: Thomas Abney of Willesley Hall in Derbyshire

Mother: Parnel Abney