Baron Hungerford
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The Barony of Hungerford was created in the Peerage of England on January 7, 1426 for Walter Hungerford, who was summoned to parliament, had been Member of Parliament, Speaker of the House and invested as Knight of the Order of the Garter before and was made Lord High Tresurer one year before he became a peer. The second baron was also created Baron de Moleyns on 13 January 1445 by writ of summons; both titles then merged. The third baron was attainted and the peerage forfeit in 1461. This attainder was reversed in 1485 for the then 4th baroness of Hungerford, and so it came into the Hastings family of Earls of Huntingdon until 1789, when it came into the Rawdon(-Hastings) family of the Marquesses of Hastings until 1868 when it fell into abeyance. This abeyance was terminated three years later for a member of the Abney-Hastings family and an Earl of Loudoun. In 1920 it again fell into abeyance, which was terminated one year later for the Philipps family of the Viscounts of St Davids where it has remained since.
Another Barony of Hungerford with the distinction de Heytesbury was created in the Peerage of England on June 8, 1526 for another Walter Hungerford, who was summoned to parliament. He was attainted in 1541 and the peerage forfeited. This attainder has not been reversed since.
[edit] Barons of Hungerford (1426)
- Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford (1378-1449)
- Robert Hungerford, 2nd Baron Hungerford (c. 1400-1459)
- Robert Hungerford, 3rd Baron Hungerford (c. 1420-1464), attainted and forfeit 1461
- Mary Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford née Hungerford (c. 1466-c. 1530) attainder reversed 1485
- George Hastings, 5th Baron Hungerford (1488-1545)
- Francis Hastings, 6th Baron Hungerford (1514-1560)
- Henry Hastings, 7th Baron Hungerford (1536-1595)
- George Hastings, 8th Baron Hungerford (1540-1604)
- Henry Hastings, 9th Baron Hungerford (1586-1643)
- Ferdinando Hastings, 10th Baron Hungerford (1609-1656)
- Theophilus Hastings, 11th Baron Hungerford (1650-1701)
- George Hastings, 12th Baron Hungerford (1677-1705)
- Theophilus Hastings, 13th Baron Hungerford (1696-1746)
- Francis Hastings, 14th Baron Hungerford (1729-1789)
- Elizabeth Rawdon, 15th Baroness Hungerford née Hastings (1731-1808)
- Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 16th Baron Hungerford (1754-1826)
- George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 17th Baron Hungerford (1808-1844)
- Paulyn Reginald Serlo Rawdon-Hastings, 18th Baron Hungerford (1832-1851)
- Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings, 19th Baron Hungerford (1842-1868) into abeyance 1868
- Edith Mary Abney-Hastings, 20th Baroness Hungerford (1833-1874) abeyance terminated 1871
- Charles Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 21st Baron Hungerford (1855-1920) into abeyance 1920
- Elizabeth Frances Philipps, 22nd Baroness Hungerford née Abney-Hastings (1884-1974) abeyance terminated 1921
- Jestyn Reginald Austen Plantagenet Philipps, 23rd Baron Hungerford (1917-1991)
- See Viscount St Davids for further Barons Hungerford.
