Marquess of Hastings
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Marquess of Hastings was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 6 December 1816 for Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira. The Rawdon family descended from Francis Rawdon (d. 1668), of Rawdon, Yorkshire. His son George Rawdon settled in the village of Moira in Downshire, and thus became part of the Protestant Ascendancy. On 20 May 1665 he was created a Baronet, of Moira, in the County of Down, in the Baronetage of England. His son, the second Baronet, and grandson, the thired Baronet, both represented County Down in the Irish House of Commons. The latter was succeeded by his son, Sir John Rawdon, 4th Baronet. He was created Baron Rawdon, of Moira in the County of...