Background
He was a son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, and Catherine Pole.
He was a son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, and Catherine Pole.
He succeeded Henry as the 4th Earl. He was High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1571 and knight of the shire (Member of Parliament) 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.