Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon | |
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| Earl of Huntingdon | |
 The Earl of Huntingdon | |
| Successor | George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon |
| Other titles | Baron Hastings |
| Born | 1535 Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England |
| Died | (aged 59/60) York, England |
| Buried | St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Katherine Dudley |
| Parents | Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon Catherine Pole |
| Occupation | Administrator, diplomat, and military commander |
Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, KG, KB (c. 1535 – 14 December 1595) was an English Puritan nobleman. Educated alongside the future Edward VI, he was briefly imprisoned by Mary I, and later considered by some as a potential successor to Elizabeth I. He hotly opposed the scheme to marry Mary, Queen of Scots, to the Duke of Norfolk, and was entrusted by Elizabeth to see that the Scottish queen did not escape at the time of the threatened uprising in 1569. He served as President of the Council of the North from 1572 until his death in 1595.