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Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (née Shirley; 24 August 1707 – 17 June 1791) was an English Methodist leader who played a prominent part in the religious revival of the 18th century and the Methodist movement in England and Wales. She founded an evangelical branch in England and Sierra Leone, known as the Countess of Huntingdon's ...
The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion is a small society of evangelical churches, founded in 1783 by Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, as a result of the Evangelical Revival. For many years it was strongly associated with the Calvinist Methodist movement of George Whitefield .
As Countess of Huntingdon, Lucy Hastings became involved in a bitter property dispute with her mother in the years 1627–33; Eleanor Davies denounced her daughter as a "Jezebel," though troubles due to her religious writings caused the older woman to be imprisoned and lose control of her property to her daughter for a decade.
Lady Elizabeth Hastings (19 April 1682 – 21 December 1739), also known as Lady Betty, was an English philanthropist, religious devotee and supporter of women's education. She was an intelligent and energetic woman, with a wide circle of connections, including artists, writers and designers, an astute business investor and proponent of ...
Countess of Huntingdon may refer to: Maud, Countess of Huntingdon; Matilda of Chester, Countess of Huntingdon; Mary Woodville (c. 1456–1481) Anne Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (c. 1483–1544) Katherine Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (1540s–1620) Elizabeth Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (1588–1633) Lucy Hastings, Countess of ...
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Lady Anne Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (née Anne Stafford) (c. 1483–1544) was an English noble. She was the daughter of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham , and Catherine Woodville , sister of queen consort Elizabeth Woodville .
Katherine Hastings (née Dudley), Countess of Huntingdon (c. 1538 [1] or 1543–1545 [2] – 14 August 1620) was an English noblewoman. She was the youngest surviving daughter of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and his wife, Jane Guildford , and a sister of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester , Elizabeth I 's favourite .