Social Victorians/People/Hastings

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Also Known As[edit | edit source]

  • Family name: Astley
  • Marquis of Hastings
  • Marchioness of Hastings
  • Baron Hastings
    • George Manners Astley, 20th Baron (22 December 1875 – 18 September 1904)[1]
  • Baroness Hastings
    • Elizabeth Evelyn Harbord (17 April 1880 – 19 February 1956)

Demographics[edit | edit source]

  • Nationality: British[2]

Family[edit | edit source]

  • Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of Hastings (22 July 1842 – 10 November 1868)[2]
  • Florence Cecilia Paget Rawdon-Hastings (1842–1907)[3]
  • George Chetwynd, 4th Baronet of Brocton Hall (31 May 1849 – 10 March 1917)[4]


  • George Manners Astley, 20th Baron Hastings, 10th Baronet Astley (4 April 1857 – 18 September 1904)[5]
  • Elizabeth Evelyn Harbord Astley (23 February 1860 – 19 February 1956)[6]
  1. Albert Edward Delavel Astley, 21st Lord Hastings (24 November 1882 – 18 January 1956)
  2. Jacob John Astley (5 March 1884 – 26 September 1917)
  3. Charles Melton Astley (5 May 1885 – 13 August 1960)
  4. Alexandra Rhoda Astley (28 September 1886 – 20 April 1918)
  5. Bridget Astley (8 March 1889 – 2 March 1906)
  6. Hester Winifred Astley (17 May 1899 – 1980)

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies[edit | edit source]

Timeline[edit | edit source]

1862, Henry-Rawdon-Hastings and Alice March Phillips de Lisle became engaged.[2]

1864 July 16, Henry Rawdon-Hastings and Florence Paget married.[2]

1868 November 10, Henry Rawdon-Hastings died, and the marquessate ended.[2]

1870, Florence Paget Rawdon-Hastings and George Chetwynd married.[4]

1880 April 17, George Manners Astley, 20th Baron Hastings, and Elizabeth Evelyn Harbord married.

1897 July 2, Lord and Lady Hastings as well as the Marchioness of Hastings and a Miss Chetwynd all attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball[edit | edit source]

Elizabeth Astley, Baroness of Hastings (at 204) and George Manners Astley, 20th Baron Hastings (at 425) attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball as did Florence Chetwynd, Marchioness of Hastings and Miss Chetwynd, who are treated on the page for Florence Chetwynd, Marchioness of Hastings.

Lady Hastings[edit | edit source]

Elizabeth Astley, Baroness of Hastings (at 204) was dressed as Lucy Ashton in a "gown of white duchesse satin of the Queen Anne period, embroidered in a conventional design of marguerites in silver, diamonds, and pearls."[7]:42, Col. 3a

Lord Hastings[edit | edit source]

George Manners Astley, 20th Baron Hastings (at 425) went as Master of Ravenswood, wearing "black velvet tunic, trimmed jet; full breeches, high boots."[7] :34, Col. 2a

Notes and Questions[edit | edit source]

  1. Both Henry Rawdon-Hastings and Florence Paget had been engaged to others before they married each other, she to Henry Chaplin.

Footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Sir George Manners Astley, 20th Lord Hastings." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Henry Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of Hastings". Wikipedia. 2020-09-28. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_Rawdon-Hastings,_4th_Marquess_of_Hastings&oldid=980806000. 
  3. ↑ "Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey". Wikipedia. 2021-05-05. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_Paget,_2nd_Marquess_of_Anglesey&oldid=1021636896.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Paget,_2nd_Marquess_of_Anglesey
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Sir George Chetwynd, 4th Baronet". Wikipedia. 2020-11-22. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sir_George_Chetwynd,_4th_Baronet&oldid=990041762. 
  5. ↑ "George Manners Astley, 20th Baron Hastings". Wikipedia. 2017-10-28. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Manners_Astley,_20th_Baron_Hastings&oldid=807509216. 
  6. ↑ "Hon. Elizabeth Evelyn Harbord." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 “The Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball.” The Gentlewoman 10 July 1897 Saturday: 32–42 [of 76], Cols. 1a–3c [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003340/18970710/155/0032.
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