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Authorised form of nameHastings; Francis (1729 - 1789); 10th Earl of Huntingdon
Dates1729 - 1789
NationalityBritish
Date of birth13 March 1729
Date of death02 October 1789
ActivityEducation:
Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1747)
Career:
Master of Horse to George III; Privy Councillor (1760); Groom of the Stole
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election02/03/1758
ProposerGeorge Parker, Earl of Macclesfield
RelationshipsSon of Theophilus, 9th Earl of Huntingdon, and his wife Selina, daughter of Washington, 2nd Earl Ferrars
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; Foster
Notes:
From Journal Book: 'The President proposed for Election into this Society, The Right Honourable Francis Earl of Huntingdon, who was according to the Statute, immediately put to the Balot and Elected a Fellow of the Society' 2 March 1758
CodeNA6558
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
CB/2/259Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to Lord Huntingdon23 June 1789
CB/2/691Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to Lord Huntingdon25 May 1789
CB/2/251Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to Lord Huntingdon6 June 1789
CB/2/284Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to Lord Huntingdon11 August 1789
CB/2/364Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to Lord Huntingdon6 September 1787
MM/5/39Memorial from the Royal Society to King George III concerning the Transit of Venus of 1769c.1768
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