Sir
George
Hastings
MP
Born about in Dorset, England
Ancestors 
Son of Henry Hastings
and Dorothy (Willoughby) Hastings
Brother of
Henry Hastings and Dorothy (Hastings) Tregonwell
Husband of
Alice (Freke) Hastings
— married
27 Jun 1614 (to before 24 Jul 1634) [location unknown]
Died
at about age 69
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Dec 2019
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Biography
George Hastings MP is Notable.
George Hastings son of Henry Hastings of Woodlands in Dorset and his wife, Dorothy Willoughby, was born about 1588.[1] He was studying at Middle Temple by 1610. [1]
On 27 June 1614 at Iwerne Courtenay he married Alice Freke, daughter of Sir Thomas Freke [2] and his wife, Elizabeth Taylor, she carrying £2500 to the marriage.[1] The were parents of 3 sons, one of whom died in George's lifetime, and 3 daughters. [1]
George was knighted on 5 November 1615. [3] In 1621 George and Nathaniel Tomkins were returned unopposed as members of Parliament for Christchurch and in 1624 they were both preferred over John Eltonhed, another Middle Temple lawyer. [4]
Alice died in 1634 and was buried at Christchurch on the 24th of July. [5] George did not marry again.
He did not succeed his father until 1650 when George was in his sixties, and he died the following year on the 25th of October.[1] He was buried at St Wolfrida in Horton.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 History of Parliament online: HASTINGS, Sir George (c.1588-1651), of the Prior's House, Christchurch, Hants and Puddletown, Dorset
- ↑ Dorset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 (Iwerne Courtney 27 June 1614 George Hastings Esquire and Alice Freke daughter of Sir Thomas Freke)
- ↑ The Knights of England. A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland by Shaw, William Arthur, 1865-1943; Burtchaell, George Dames, 1853-1921 Page 157
- ↑ History of Parliament online 1604-1629: Christchurch
- ↑ Wikipedia: George Hastings (Christchurch MP)
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