Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon (born 1535)

Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon

English noble (1535–1595)

Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon was an English Puritan nobleman. Educated alongside the future Edward VI, he was briefly imprisoned by Mary I, and later considered by some as a potential successor to Elizabeth I. He hotly opposed the scheme to marry Mary, Queen of Scots,…