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Hastings is an English surname and given name.
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Surnames
As a surname Hastings may sometimes be a patronymic surname from the Anglo-Norman personal name Hasting (also Hastain), but is usually a toponymic surname from Hastings in Sussex.[1]
Those bearing it include:
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- Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough (1610-1667)
- Solon S. Hastings (1806-aft. 1864) Massachusetts legislator
- Bill Hastings (footballer) (born 1888), English professional footballer
- Steven J. Hastings (1850-aft. 1892) Vermont legislator
- Smith H. Hastings (1843-1905) Union Col. and Medal of Honor winner
- Thomas Nelson Hastings (1858-1907) Member of NH State Senate and friend of Thomas Edison
- Wells Southworth Hastings (1878-1923) Author
- Somerville Hastings (1878-1967) English Surgeon, Socialist and Member of Parliament
- John Simpson Hastings (1898–1977), U.S. Federal Judge
- Maj.Gen Kester Lovejoy Hastings (1897-1983), Quartermaster of the U.S. Army
- Alcee Hastings (born 1936), American politician
- Brian Hastings (born 1940), New Zealand cricketer
- Reed Hastings (born 1960), Founder of Netflix
- Bill Hastings (censor) (born c. 1960), Chief Censor of New Zealand from 1999 to 2010
- Several Earls of Huntingdon
- Alan Hastings American Theoretical Ecologist
- Anne Hastings (disambiguation), multiple people
- Barbara Huddleston Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun last hereditary peer in her family line upon implementation of the House of Lords act of 1999.
- Bob Hastings
- Charles Hastings (disambiguation), multiple people
- Daniel H. Hastings
- Daniel O. Hastings
- Doc Hastings
- Don Hastings
- Edith Abney-Hastings
- Edward Delaval Henry Astley, 22nd Baron Hastings
- Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings
- Edward Hastings, Baron Hastings of Loughborough
- Lady Flora Hastings
- Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon
- Frank Abney Hastings
- Gavin Hastings
- George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon
- George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon
- George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon
- George Hastings (American politician)
- George Hastings (British politician)
- George Hastings (Manitoba politician)
- George Fowler Hastings
- Henry de Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
- Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon
- Jacob Astley, 16th Baron Hastings
- James Hastings
- John Hastings (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jordan Hastings
- Katherine Hastings
- Katherine Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (d. 1620)
- Kevin Hastings, Australian rugby league footballer
- Lansford Hastings
- Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke
- Macdonald Hastings
- Sir Max Hastings
- Michael Hastings (playwright)
- Michael John Hastings, Baron Hastings of Scarisbrick
- Milo Hastings
- Natasha Hastings
- Patrick Hastings
- Paul P. Hastings
- Peter Hastings (director)
- Richard Hastings
- Scott Hastings (basketball)
- Scott Hastings (rugby player)
- Selina Hastings (author)
- Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
- Serranus Clinton Hastings
- Seth Hastings
- Stephen Hastings
- Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon
- Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon
- Thomas Hastings (disambiguation), multiple people
- Warren Hastings, first Governor-General of India, later impeached
- William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
- William George Hastings, CBE
- William Soden Hastings
Fictional
- Arthur Hastings, a character in Agatha Christie novels
Given names
There is a long Anglo-Saxon tradition of using family specific surnames as first and middle names. One common approach is to use the mother's maiden name as such.
- Sir Albert Hastings Markham, English explorer and Royal Navy Officer
- Sir Charles Hastings Doyle
- Edward Hastings Chamberlain
- Eliakim Hastings Moore (disambiguation)
- Francis Charles Hastings Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford
- Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, English poet
- Frank Hastings Hamilton, M.D.
- Frederick H. Rindge
- George Hastings Palmer
- Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
- Hastings Kamuzu Banda, prime minister and president of Malawi
- Hastings Edward Harington
- Hastings Keith, American politician
- Hastings Lees-Smith (1878-1941) English Member of Parliament
- Hastings Rashdall
- Hastings William Sackville Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford
- Sir Hastings Yelverton
- Henry Hastings Sibley
- Lemuel Hastings Arnold
- Michael Hastings Jay, Baron Jay of Ewelme
- Waitstill Sharp
See also
References
- ^ Reaney, P.H., A Dictionary of English Surnames, Oxford University Press, third edition revised by R.M.Wilson, 1997
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