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See also:HUNTINGDON, EARLS OF . See also:GEORGE See also:HASTINGS, 1st See also:earl of Huntingdon' (c. 1488-1545), was the son and successor of
' The See also:title of earl of Huntingdon had previously been held in other families (see See also:HUNTINGDONSHIRE). The famous See also:Robin See also:Hood (?I160-?I247) is said to have had a claim to the earldom.
See also:Edward, 2nd See also:Baron Hastings (d. 15o6), and the See also:grandson of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William, Baron Hastings, who was put to See also:death by See also:Richard III. in 1483. Being in high favour with See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII., he was created earl of Huntingdon in 1529, and he was one of the royalist leaders during the suppression of the rising known as the See also:Pilgrim-See also:age of See also:- GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
- GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )
Grace in 1536. His eldest son See also:FRANCIS, the 2nd earl (c. 1514—1561), was a See also:close friend and See also:political ally of See also:John See also:Dudley, See also:duke of See also:Northumberland, sharing the duke's fall and imprisonment after the death of Edward VI. in 1553; but he was quickly released, and was employed on public business by See also:Mary. His See also:brother Edward (c. 1520—1572) was one of Mary's most valuable servants; a stout See also:Roman See also:Catholic, he was See also:master of the See also:horse and then See also:lord See also:- CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
chamberlain to the See also:queen, and was created Baron Hastings of See also:Loughborough in 1558, this title becoming See also:extinct when he died.
The 2nd earl's eldest son HENRY, the 3rd earl (c. 1535—1595), married Northumberland's daughter See also:Catherine. His See also:mother was Catherine See also:Pole (d. 1576), a descendant of George, duke of See also:Clarence; and, asserting that he was thus entitled to succeed See also:Elizabeth on the See also:English See also:throne, Huntingdon won a certain amount of support, especially from the Protestants and the enemies of Mary, queen of Scots. In 1572 he was appointed See also:president of the See also:council of the See also:north, and during the troubled See also:period between the See also:flight of Mary to See also:England in 1568 and the defeat of the See also:Spanish See also:armada twenty years later he was frequently employed in the north of England. It was doubtless See also:felt that the earl's own title to the See also:crown was a See also:pledge that he would show scant sympathy with the See also:advocates of Mary's claim. He assisted George See also:Talbot, earl of See also:Shrewsbury, to remove the Scottish queen from See also:Wingfield to See also:Tutbury, and for a See also:short See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time in 1569 he was one of her custodians. Huntingdon was responsible for the compilation of an elaborate See also:history of the Hastings See also:family, a rnanusclipt copy of which is now in the See also:British Museum. As he died childless, his earldom passed to his brother George. Another brother, See also:Sir Francis Hastings (d. 161o), was a member of See also:parliament and a prominent puritan during Elizabeth's reign, but is perhaps more celebrated as a writer. GEORGE, the 4th earl (c. 1540-1604), was the grandfather of HENRY, the 5th earl (1586—1643), and the See also:father of Henry Hastings (c. 156o-165o), a famous sportsman, whose See also:character has been delineated by the 1st earl of See also:Shaftesbury (see L. See also:Howard, A Collection of Letters, &c., 1753). The 6th earl was the 5th earl's son FERDINANDO (c. 16o8—r656). His brother Henry, Baron Loughborough (c. 1610—1667), won fame as a royalist (luring the See also:Civil See also:War, and was created a baron in 1643.
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