George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon

George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon
The family seat, Donington Hall (this replaced the original in 1790)
Born	22 March 1677 Donington Hall, Leicestershire
Died	22 February 1705(1705-02-22) (aged 27) London
Buried	St James, Piccadilly[1]
Allegiance	England
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1697 to 1703
Rank	Colonel
Unit	33rd Foot, later Duke of Wellington's 1702-1703
Battles / wars	Nine Years War War of the Spanish Succession Sieges of Venlo and Kaiserswerth, 1702
Relations	Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon (father) Lady Elizabeth Hastings (sister)

George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon (22 March 1677 – 22 February 1705) was the son of Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon and his first wife Elizabeth Lewis; he succeeded his father in 1701.

He served briefly in the War of the Spanish Succession but left the army in 1703 and spent the next two years travelling in Europe. He returned to London, where he died of fever on 22 February 1705.