Person:Francis Hastings (6)

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Francis Hastings, Lord Hastings (1560 – 17 December 1595) was the son of George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon and Dorothy Port. He married Sarah Harington, daughter of Sir James Harington and Lucy Sydney. They had five children:

• Catherine, who married Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield, died 28 August 1636
• Henry, who succeeded his grandfather as Earl of Huntingdon.
• Sir George Hastings
• Captain Edward Hastings, died 1617
• Theodosia Hastings, married Sir Francis Bodenham.

His widow, Sara or Sarah Harington (1565-1628), married Sir George Kingsmill, then Edward 11th Baron Zouche, and finally, Sir Thomas Edmondes. Her portrait was painted by Isaac Oliver and by Cornelius Johnson. The portraits by Johnson show her aged 63 wearing a large miniature case referring to Frederick V of the Palatinate with the Greek letter "phi". An similar miniature case was described in an inventory of a Scottish soldier.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Francis Hastings, Lord Hastings, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
2.   Francis Hastings, Lord Hastings, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.