Background
Rawdon was born in 1808, the eldest son of Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira (later 1st Marquess of Hastings) and his wife, Flora Mure-Campbell, 6th Countess of Loudoun.
Rawdon was born in 1808, the eldest son of Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira (later 1st Marquess of Hastings) and his wife, Flora Mure-Campbell, 6th Countess of Loudoun.
Inheriting his father"s titles in 1826 (and later his mother"s in 1840), Lord Hastings was a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King William IV from 1830 to 1831. Lord Hastings married Barbara Yelverton, 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn on 1 August 1831. They had six children:
Paulyn Reginald Serlo Rawdon-Hastings, 3rd Marquess of Hastings, 8th Earl of Loudoun (1832–1851)
Lady Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings, later 10th Countess of Loudoun (1833–1874)
Lady Bertha Lelgarde Rawdon-Hastings, later 22nd Baroness Grey de Ruthyn (1835–1887)
Lady Victoria Maria Louisa Rawdon-Hastings (1837–1888)
Lord Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings, later 4th Marquess of Hastings and 9th Earl of Loudon (1842–1868)
Lady Frances Augusta Constance Muir Rawdon-Hastings (1844–1910), married Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney.