Francis Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon


Francis Hastings
Earl of Huntingdon
Portrait of Hastings from an Elliott & Fry half-plate glass negative, 1945. From the collections of the National Portrait Gallery
Coat of arms
PredecessorWarner Hastings
SuccessorWilliam Hastings-Bass
Full name
Francis Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon
BornFrancis John Clarence Westenra Plantagenet Hastings
(1901-01-30)30 January 1901
Died21 August 1990(1990-08-21) (aged 89)
BuriedSt Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Wife
Cristina Casati
(m. 1925; div. 1943)
(m. 1944)
Issue
FatherWarner
MotherMaud Margaret (née Wilson)
Alma materSlade School of Fine Art
Notable workThe worker of the future upsetting the economic chaos of the present
Political partyLabour
MovementMuralism
Board member ofNSMP

Francis John Clarence Westenra Plantagenet Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon (30 January 1901 – 24 August 1990), styled Viscount Hastings until 1939, was a British artist, academic, and later a Labour parliamentarian.