George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon
George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon was an English nobleman.
He was a son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole, daughter of Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu and Jane Neville. He was a younger brother of Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, and older brother of Francis Hastings. He succeeded Henry as the 4th Earl.
He was High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1571 and knight of the shire for Derbyshire in 1562 and Leicestershire in 1584–1587. He was invested as a knight in 1565. They lived at Gopsall and then Loughborough, both in Leicestershire.
He was succeeded by his grandson Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon.Marriage
George married Dorothy Port, daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Port of Etwall, Derbyshire. They had five children:
