Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon 1833-1874

On 1st August 1831 [her father] George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings [aged 23] and [her mother] Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings [aged 21] were married. He the son of [her grandfather] Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1st Marquess Hastings and [her grandmother] Flora Mure-Campbell Marchioness of Hastings [aged 51].

On 10th December 1833 Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon was born to George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings [aged 25] and Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings [aged 23].

On 8th January 1840 [her grandmother] Flora Mure-Campbell Marchioness of Hastings [aged 60] died. Her son [her father] George [aged 31] succeeded 7th Earl Loudon.

On 13th January 1844 [her father] George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings [aged 35] died. His son [her brother] Paulyn [aged 11] succeeded 3rd Marquess Hastings, 8th Earl Loudon, 4th Earl Moira, 19th Baron Botreaux, 18th Baron Hungerford, 16th Baron Moleyns and 16th Baron Hastings.

On 17th January 1851 Paulyn Reginald Serlo Rawdon-Hastings 3rd Marquess Hastings [aged 18] died. His brother Henry [aged 8] succeeded 4th Marquess Hastings, 9th Earl Loudon, 5th Earl Moira, 21st Baron Grey of Ruthyn, 20th Baron Botreaux, 19th Baron Hungerford, 17th Baron Moleyns and 17th Baron Hastings. Florence Cecilia Paget Marchioness Hastings [aged 8] by marriage Marchioness Hastings.

On 30th April 1853 Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington [aged 30] and Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings and Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings [aged 42].

On 13th February 1854 [her daughter] Flora Paulyna Hetty Barbara Clifton Duchess Norfolk was born to [her husband] Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington [aged 31] and Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon [aged 20]. She married 1877 Henry Fitzalan Howard 15th Duke of Norfolk, son of Henry Granville Fitzalan 14th Duke of Norfolk and Augusta Mary Minna Catherine Lyons Duchess Norfolk, and had issue.

On 5th January 1855 [her son] Charles Rawdon-Hastings 11th Earl Loudon was born to [her husband] Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington [aged 32] and Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon [aged 21]. He married 4th February 1880 Alice Elizabeth Fitzalan Howard Countess Loudon, daughter of Edward George Fitzalan Howard 1st Baron Howard and Augusta Talbot.

On 21st October 1856 [her son] Major Paulyn Abney-Hastings was born to [her husband] Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington [aged 34] and Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon [aged 22]. He married 4th February 1880 Maud Grimston, daughter of James Walter Grimston 2nd Earl Verulam and Elizabeth Joanna Weyland Countess Verulam, and had issue.

Before 22nd November 1856 [her brother-in-law] Augustus Wykeham Clifton [aged 27] and [her sister] Bertha Lelgarde Rawdon-Hastings 22nd Baroness Grey Ruthyn [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of [her father] George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings and [her mother] Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings [aged 46].

On 30th July 1858 Charles Abney-Hastings 2nd Baronet [aged 65] died. Baronet Hastings of Willesley Hall in Derbyshire extinct. His estates of Blackfordby and Packington were inherited by [her brother] Henry 4th Marquess Hastings [aged 16]. Willesley Hall and its estate were left to Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon [aged 24] and her husband Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington [aged 36] who changed his surname to Abney-Hastings.

On 18th November 1858 [her mother] Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings [aged 48] died.

On 29th May 1859 [her son] Gilbert Clifton-Hasting-Campbell 3rd Baron Donington was born to [her husband] Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington [aged 36] and Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon [aged 25].

On 30th July 1863 [her brother-in-law] Charles Marsham 4th Earl Romney [aged 22] and [her sister] Frances Augusta Constance Muir Rawdon-Hastings Countess Romney [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of [her father] George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings and [her mother] Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings. He the son of Charles Marsham 3rd Earl Romney [aged 55] and Margaret Harriet Montagu Scott Countess Romney. They were sixth cousins.

On 16th July 1864 [her brother] Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings 4th Marquess Hastings [aged 21] and [her sister-in-law] Florence Cecilia Paget Marchioness Hastings [aged 21] were married. The marriage created a scandal as the bride had been engaged to Henry Chaplin [aged 23] and had eloped with her husband the day before her planned wedding to Chaplin. Chaplin later got his revenge by outbidding Hastings for the horse Hermit which went on to win the 1867 Derby and against which Hastings had bet heavily. The loss led Hastings into heavy debt and drinking. He died some four years later in poverty. She the daughter of Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey [aged 67] and Henrietta Bagot Marchioness Anglesey. He the son of [her father] George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings and [her mother] Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings.

On 10th November 1868 [her brother] Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings 4th Marquess Hastings [aged 26] died. Marquess Hastings and Earl Moira extinct. Baron Botreaux, Baron Hungerford, Baron Hastings, Baron Moleyns and Baron Grey of Ruthyn abeyant. His sister Edith [aged 34] succeeded 10th Countess Loudon.

On 6th November 1871 Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon [aged 37] abeyance terminated 21st Baroness Botreaux, 20th Baroness Hungerford, 18th Baroness Hastings, 18th Baroness Moleyns.

On 23rd January 1874 Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon [aged 40] died. Her son Charles [aged 19] succeeded 11th Earl Loudon, 22nd Baron Botreaux, 21st Baron Hungerford, 19th Baron Moleyns and 19th Baron Hastings. Alice Elizabeth Fitzalan Howard Countess Loudon by marriage Countess Loudon.

On 24th July 1895 [her former husband] Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington [aged 73] died. His son Charles [aged 40] succeeded 2nd Baron Donington of Dongington Park in Leicestershire.

On 25th October 1963 John Lancelot Butler-Bowdon 25th Baron Grey of Ruthin [aged 80] died. Baron Grey of Ruthyn abeyant between the issue of his three great aunts: Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon, [her sister] Victoria Maria Louisa Rawdon-Hastings and Frances Augusta Constance Muir Rawdon-Hastings Countess Romney.