Earl of Huntingdon

Earl of Huntingdon is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England. The Earl possesses no subsidiary titles, but his eldest son uses the invented title Viscount Hastings to avoid confusion, there already being a Baron Hastings.

The family seat of the present line is at Hodcott House, near West Ilsley, in Berkshire.

In fiction, the English folk-hero Robin Hood is sometimes described as Robert, Earl of Huntingdon.

Earls in for the Honour of Huntingdon, first Creation (1065)

Waltheof (d. 1076)
Maud, Countess of Huntingdon
- m. Simon I de Senlis
- m. David I of Scotland
Henry of Scotland
Simon II de Senlis
Malcolm IV, King of Scots
William I, King of Scots
Simon III de Senlis
David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon (d. 1219)
John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon

Earls of Huntingdon, second Creation (1337)

William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon (1304-1354)

Earls of Huntingdon, third Creation (1377)

Guichard d'Angle, Earl of Huntingdon (d. 1380), Life Peerage

Earls of Huntingdon, fourth Creation (1388)

John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (1350-1400) (forfeit 1400)
John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (1395-1447) (restored 1439)
Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter (1430-1475) (forfeit 1461)

Earls of Huntingdon, fifth Creation (1471)

see Marquess of Dorset, third creation

Earls of Huntingdon, sixth Creation (1479)

William Herbert, 1st Earl of Huntingdon (1451–1491)

Earls of Huntingdon, seventh Creation (1529)

Arms of the Earls of Huntingdon.

George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon (1488-1544)
Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon (1514-1560)
Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon (1536-1595)
George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon (1540-1604)
Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon (1586-1643)
Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon (1609-1656)
Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon (1650-1701)
George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon (1677-1705)
Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon (1696-1746)
Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon (1729-1789)
Theophilus Henry Hastings, 11th Earl of Huntingdon (1728-1804)
Hans Francis Hastings, 12th Earl of Huntingdon (1779-1828)
Francis Theophilus Henry Hastings, 13th Earl of Huntingdon (1808-1875)
Francis Power Plantagenet Hastings, 14th Earl of Huntingdon (1841-1885)
Warner Francis John Plantagenet Hastings, 15th Earl of Huntingdon (1868-1939)
Francis John Clarence Westenra Plantagenet Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon (1901-1990)
William Edward Robin Hood Hastings-Bass, 17th Earl of Huntingdon (b. 1948)

His heir presumptive: Hon Simon Aubrey Robin Hood Hastings Bass (b. 1950)

His heir presumptive: Hon John Hastings-Bass (b. 1954)

The present Earl is one of the three sons and one daughter of Peter Hastings-Bass and his wife Priscilla, granddaughter of the 17th Earl of Derby; the Earl and his next brother have no children, and their youngest brother has no sons.