The Lewis baronetcy, of Ledstone in the West Riding of Yorkshire, was created in the Baronetage of England on 15 October 1660 for John Lewis. The title became extinct on his death in 1671, without mal
Ledston Hall, 1999 photograph
Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon was a 17th-century English politician and Jacobite. One of the few non-Catholics to remain loyal to James II of England after November 1688, on the rare occ
Engraving by Robert Williams after a portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller, c. 1687
The original Hasting family seat, Ashby de la Zouch castle; partially destroyed or slighted in 1648 and never rebuilt
Unrest caused by the Popish Plot led to the arrest of Titus Oates in August 1681; previously a supporter, Hasting changed sides and became a government loyalist
The Seven Bishops after their acquittal, June 1688; signing their arrest warrant severely impacted Hastings' later reputation