Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough | |
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 Ashby de la Zouch Castle; the family home which Hastings held for Charles I during the First English Civil War | |
| Custos Rotulorum & Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire | |
| In office 1661 – 1667 † | |
| Royalist High Sheriff of Leicestershire | |
| In office 1642–1643 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 September 1610 Ashby de la Zouch Castle |
| Died | 10 January 1667 (aged 56) Lambeth, London |
| Resting place | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge |
| Military service | |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands | Royalist military commander, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire |
| Battles/wars | |
Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough, 28 September 1610 to 10 January 1667, was the younger son of Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon, one of the most powerful landowners in Leicestershire. He fought with the Royalist army in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and narrowly escaped execution after being captured at Colchester in 1648. He spent the next twelve years with the Stuart court in exile, and became a leading member of the Sealed Knot, a body set up to co-ordinate Royalist plots against The Protectorate. Hastings returned home after the 1660 Stuart Restoration, and was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire in 1661, a position he retained until his death in January 1667.