Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon was a prominent English nobleman and literary patron in England during the first half of the seventeenth century. He was the only son of Francis Hastings, Baron Hastings and Lady Sarah Harrington. Henry was a great great great grandson of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury. Henry Hastings was educated at Gray's Inn.

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  • Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon was a prominent English nobleman and literary patron in England during the first half of the seventeenth century. He was the only son of Francis Hastings, Baron Hastings and Lady Sarah Harrington. Henry was a great great great grandson of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury. Henry Hastings was educated at Gray's Inn. In 1595, Henry's father, Francis, died, and Hastings was next to succeed his grandfather, George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon, which on December 31, 1604, he did. In 1607, at the age of 21, Hastings commanded forces in the suppression of the Midlands Revolt. Throughout his maturity the 5th Earl served in a wide range of offices in the counties of Leicestershire, Lancashire, and Rutland, including Lord Lieutenant of Leicester and Rutland, 1614–42. He was also a member of the Virginia Company.
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  • Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon was a prominent English nobleman and literary patron in England during the first half of the seventeenth century. He was the only son of Francis Hastings, Baron Hastings and Lady Sarah Harrington. Henry was a great great great grandson of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury. Henry Hastings was educated at Gray's Inn.
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  • Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon
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