Marquess of Hastings
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The title Marquess of Hastings was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1816 for the 2nd Earl of Moira. It became extinct on the death of the 4th Marquess in 1868. The subsidiary titles associated with the Marquessate were Baron Rawdon (1750), in the Peerage of Ireland, Baron Rawdon (1783) and Earl of Moira (1761) in the Peerage of Great Britain,and Earl Rawdon (1816) in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. All these lesser titles (except the last) had been conferred on the 1st Marquess's father, the former Sir John Rawdon, 4th Baronet, of Moira. All the subsidiary titles became extinct with the Marquessate.
At various times the Marquesses of Hastings also held the titles of Baron Grey de Ruthyn (England, 1324), Baron Botreaux (England, 1368), Baron De Moleyns (England, 1445), Baron Hungerford (England, 1482) and Earl of Loudoun (Scotland, 1633), all inherited through female lines.
Earls of Moira (1761)
- John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira (1720-1793)
- Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira, created Marquess of Hastings in 1816, below
Marquesses of Hastings (1816)
- Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754-1826)
- George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Marquess of Hastings (1808-1844)
- Paulyn Reginald Serlo Rawdon-Hastings, 3rd Marquess of Hastings (1832-1851)
- Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of Hastings (1842-1868)