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Lady Elizabeth Hastings (19 April 1682 – 21 December 1739), also known as Lady Betty, was an English philanthropist, religious devotee and supporter of women's education.
Elizabeth Hastings, later Countess of Worcester (1546 – 24 August 1621) was a noblewoman born in Scotland to Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, and Catherine Pole.
Lady Elizabeth Hastings adopted a lifestyle of deep Christianity and enlightened philanthropy and, before her death in 1739, established the charities which have since helped tens of thousands of people.
Elizabeth Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (6 January 1588 – 20 January 1633), formerly Lady Elizabeth Stanley, was an English noblewoman and writer who was third in line of succession to the English throne. She was the wife of Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon.
A noted philanthropist, the beautiful Lady Elizabeth Hastings was the daughter of Theophilus Hastings, 7th earl of Huntingdon, who was imprisoned for attempting to seize Plymouth for King James II in 1688 and on suspicion of treason in 1692.
Following the death of Sir John Lewis in 1671 the Hall was passed to the Lady Elizabeth Hastings family. Lady Betty inherited the Hall at the age of 23 following the passing of her mother, who demonstrated qualities of piety, devotion and charity.
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Lady Elizabeth Hastings had the flattering nickname “Aspasia”, “the female philosopher”. An educated theologian and pioneering improver of her estates, she is best known as a philanthropist.
