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D2496 - Abney Hastings family of Willesley Hall - 18th-19th cent

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D2496
Title	Abney Hastings family of Willesley Hall
Date	18th-19th cent
Description	estate and family papers Includes wills and probate of Sir Charles Abney Hastings and associated papers 1829-1865. Largely relating to the properties leased by Sir Charles Abney Hastings of Willesley Hall (formerly in Derbyshire) in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire; Cavendish Square in the parish of St George, Hanover Square, London and the inheritance of these properties by Charles Frederick Abney Hastings (formerly Charles Frederick Clifton) and Lady Edith Maud Rawdon Abney Hastings, his wife
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Abney Hastings family of Willesley Hall
Administrative History	The Abney family owned estates in Willesley and adjacent areas from the fifteenth century until 1791 when Thomas Abney died. His heiress was his daughter, Parnell, who in 1788 had married Major General Charles Hastings (d.1823). Subsequently, the estates passed to Sir Charles Abney Hastings who died unmarried in 1858. His successors were his kinswoman Lady Edith Maud Hastings and her husband Charles Frederick Clifford who took the name Abney Hastings Willesley was transferred from Derbyshire to Leicestershire under boundary reorganisations in 1897. Willesley Hall was demolished in 1953.
Custodial History	Acquired by Derbyshire Record Office in 1982.
Organisation Sub-Type	Family and estate