Baron Donington

Baron Donington, of Donington Park in the County of Leicester, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1880 for Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings. Born Charles Frederick Clifton, he was the widower of Edith Mary Abney-Hastings, 10th Countess of Loudoun, whose surname he had assumed by Royal license in 1859. They were both succeeded by their eldest son Charles Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 11th Earl of Loudoun and 2nd Baron Donington. However, on his death in 1920 the titles separated. The Scottish Earldom was inherited by his niece Edith, daughter of his second brother Hon. Major Paulyn Francis Cuthbert Rawdon-Hastings. The Barony of Donington, which could only be inherited by male heirs, passed to his third brother Gilbert Theophilus, who became the third Baron. He had four daughters but no sons, and on his death in 1927 the Barony became extinct.

Barons Donington (1880)

*Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings, 1st Baron Donington (1822-1895)
*Charles Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 11th Earl of Loudoun, 2nd Baron Donington (1855-1920)
*Gilbert Theophilus Clifton Clifton-Hastings-Campbell, 3rd Baron Donington (1859-1927)

ee also

*Earl of Loudoun