HASTINGS, George Fowler (2 son of 11 Earl of Huntingdon 1779–1828). b. 28 Nov. 1814; entered navy 3 Sep. 1824; in Chinese war 1841; captain 31 Jany. 1845; commanded the Curaçoa during Russian war; superintendent of Haslar hospital and Clarence victualling yard 1858–63; R.A. 27 April 1863, V.A. 10 Sep. 1869; C.B. 2 Jany. 1857; commander in chief in the Pacific 21 Nov. 1866 to 1 Nov. 1869; commander in chief at the Nore 11 Feb. 1873 to 14 Feb. 1876. d. 41 Stanhope gardens, London 21 March 1876.
HASTINGS, Rev. Henry James (brother of Sir Charles Hastings 1794–1866). Ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1819, M.A. 1822; C. of Martley, Worcs. 1820–31 and 1851–56; R. of Areley Kings near Stourport 1831–56; R. of Martley 1856 to death; author of Parochial sermons from Advent to Trinity Sunday 1845; The Indian mutinies a fresh motive for church missions 1857; A plea for the prayer book as it is, with remarks on its history 1858 and other books. d. Martley rectory 12 May 1875.
HASTINGS, Hugh J. b. co. Fermanagh, Ireland 20 Aug. 1820; settled at Albany, New York 1831; reporter for the Atlas at Albany 1840; established the Weekly Switch at Albany 1843 and the Knickerbocker 1844; collector of port of Albany 1849–50; editor of Commercial Advertiser at New York 1868, proprietor 1875. d. from effect of a carriage accident, Monmouth Beach, New Jersey 12 Sep. 1883.
HASTINGS, James. A tailor at Cheltenham; followed Lord Fitzhardinge’s fox hounds 25 years on foot; on one occasion walked 72 miles in connexion with a hunt. d. 1851. bur. Charlton ch. yard. Cecil’s Records of the chase (1877) 190–2.
HASTINGS, Rev. James (son of James Hastings of Westminster). Matric. from Wadham coll. Ox. 28 March 1776 aged 20; R. of Martley, Worcs. 1796 to death. d. the Tything, Worcester 10 July 1856 aged 100.
HASTINGS, Joanna (eld. child of the preceding). b. Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire 14 March 1782. d. Imperial villa, Great Malvern 12 March 1886 within 2 days of being 104.
HASTINGS, John. b. 1805; M.D. Edin. 1840; L.R.C.P. Lond. 1847; author of Pulmonary consumption treated with naphtha 1843, 2 ed. 1845; Treatise on the diseases of the larynx and the trachea 1850; An inquiry into the value of the excreta of reptiles in phthisis 1862. d. 14 Albemarle st. Piccadilly, London 20 Dec. 1874.
HASTINGS, Rev. John David. b. 1800; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1823, M.A. 1826; R. of Trowbridge, Wilts. 1841 to death; preb. of Salisbury cath. March 1860 to death; author of The absolution of the church of Rome, not the absolution of the church of England 1851; edited Posthumous sermons. By Rev. George Crabbe 1850. d. 13 April 1869. Reg. and mag. of biog. i, 476 (1869).
HASTINGS, Sir Thomas (brother of Joanna Hastings 1782–1886). b. Whichford rectory, Warws. 3 July 1790; entered navy Sep. 1803; first lieut. of the Undaunted which took Napoleon to Elba, April 1814; captain 22 July 1830; in command of gunnery establishment on board H.M.S. Excellent 1832–45; superintendent of royal naval college at Portsmouth 1839–45; knighted at St. James’s palace 5 June 1839 for his improvements in naval gunnery; principal storekeeper of the ordnance 25 July 1845 to May 1855 when office abolished; C.B. 22 Nov. 1850, K.C.B. 9 March 1859; retired admiral 2 April 1866. d. 7 Seymour st. Portman square, London 3 Jany. 1870. O’Byrne (1849) 475–6.
HATCH, Rev. Edwin (1 son of Samuel Hatch). b. Derby 4 Sep. 1835; ed. at King Edward’s sch. Birmingham and at Pemb. coll. Ox., B.A. 1857, M.A. 1867; professor of classics Trinity coll. Toronto 1859–62; rector of high sch. Quebec 1862–7; vice prin. of St. Mary’s hall, Ox. 1867–85, master of the schools 1868–9, 1873 and 1875; Bampton lecturer 1880, Grinfield lecturer on Septuagint 1882–84; D.D. of Edin. univ. 1883; R. of Purleigh, Essex 1883 to death; reader in ecclesiastical history, Ox. 1886 to death; author of The organisation of the early Christian churches 1880; The growth of church institutions 1887; Essays in Biblical Greek 1889; The influence of Greek ideas upon the Christian church 1890; edited the Official Gazette, Oxford from 1870. d. 6 Canterbury road, Oxford 10 Nov. 1889. Memorials of E. Hatch (1890), portrait; I.L.N. 23 Nov. 1889 pp. 647, 648, portrait.