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
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1661 until 1684 when he inherited his father's peerage as Earl of Devonshire an
Portrait by Godfrey Kneller
Chatsworth House, seat of the Dukes of Devonshire
Hardwick Hall, an Elizabethan country house of the Duke in Derbyshire