Monthly Archives: April 2011

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdXeHkQL6F0 A collection of photos of the statue very kindly taken by Apostolis Blikas. Click to enlarge.

Frank Abney Hastings was born at Willesley, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire on 14th February 1794. He was the second son of General Sir Charles Hastings & Parnell Abney, and the grandson of the 10th Earl of Huntingdon, Francis Hastings. His antecedents on both the paternal & maternal sides have their own colourful histories. Hastings…

The Abney family’s ownership of the Manor of Willesley lasted from 1424 until the death of Thomas Abney in 1791 when it transferred to the Abney-Hastings for whom the Coat of Arms was created in 1806. Many family members are buried in the adjacent Church of St. Thomas, or the Church of St. Mary de…