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Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon

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On the Countess's death in 1791, the 64 chapels and the college were bequeathed to four trustees. Amongst them were Dr Ford, as well as Lady Ann, who was requested to occupy and reside in Lady Huntingdon's house adjoining Spa Fields Chapel, and carry on all needful correspondence (which was immense).
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lent his endeavour not only respectability but cachet; many of the women were lending their signature where their husbands had previously refused, making the Foundling Hospital 'one of the most fashionable charities of the day.' Selina would later provide the Coram with 'financial support for fees,
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in the work of the great revival. According to Schlenther, it was Wesley who first attracted her to Methodism, noting a visit to his chapel in Donnington (Wood) in East Shropshire, in which a rare exception to egalitarian principles was made and she was offered a private pew. Whitefield became her
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She gave birth to seven children in the first ten years of the marriage, four of whom died young; her husband died in 1746, while she allegedly suffered from poor health. The family were interested in politics, religion and the arts, and commissioned portraits from fashionable artists of the day.
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Moved to further the religious revival in a Calvinistic manner compatible with Whitefield's work, she was responsible for founding 64 chapels and contributed to the funding of others, insisting they should all subscribe to the doctrines of the Church of England and use only the
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By her marriage to Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon, she had seven children. Of those, three died in childhood and the death date of a fourth is unknown. Her longest surviving children were:
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In her will, she requested no biography of her should be written and none was attempted until 90 years after her death. Obituaries and tributes were written: Horace Walpole described her as
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She devoted herself, her means, her time, her thoughts, to the cause of Christ. She did not spend her money on herself; she did not allow the homage paid to her rank to remain with herself.
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The Countess promoted the writings and freedom of formerly enslaved Africans who espoused religious views compatible with her own. For instance, she supported publication of memoirs, or
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On the Countess of Huntingdon and the Welsh Methodists, see E. Wyn James, 'Blessèd Jubil!’: Slavery, Mission and the Millennial Dawn in the Work of William Williams of Pantycelyn', in
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Until her death in London, Lady Huntingdon exercised an active, and even autocratic, superintendence over her chapels and chaplains. Alice Membury, appointed schoolmistress in
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establishment, and made a vigorous protest against the anti-Calvinistic minutes of the Wesleyan Conference of 1770, and against relaxing the terms of subscription of 1772.
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personal chaplain, and, with his assistance, following problems put in her path by the Anglican clergy from whom she had preferred not to separate, she founded the "
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Elizabeth Einberg, 'Elegant Revolutionaries', article in Ladies of Quality and Distinction Catalogue, Foundling Hospital, London 2018, pp. 14–15, p.15.
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opened a college at Trefeca which is approximately a quarter of a mile south of the site of the Countess's college (which is now a farmhouse).
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In 1748, the Countess gave Whitefield a scarf as her chaplain, and in that capacity, he preached in one of her London houses, in Park Street,
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stamp duties, vellum, seals and others expenses connected with the presentation of the Foundling Hospital Charter for the King's signature.'
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until his death in 1820, he ensured the Connexion kept as close to the Church of England as was possible; many chapels became part of the
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Lady Huntingdon Road on the grounds of the United Methodist Assembly, Lake Junaluska, NC, located near the World Methodist Center.
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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New England
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The city of Cambridge – Theological colleges | A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3 (pp. 139–141)
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One of the earliest changes under the new trustees was to complete plans to relocate the college. In 1792 it was removed to
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in 1863, although in 2022 there were still 22 Connexion congregations functioning in England, with others in Sierra Leone.
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of the 18th century and the Methodist movement in England and Wales. She founded an evangelical branch in England and
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by Lady Elizabeth Hastings, was ejected by the Countess for 'not turning Methodist'. Selina successfully petitioned
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Jack C. Whytock. Historical Papers 2003: Canadian Society of Church History. Edited by Bruce L. Guenther, p.154.
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is a trilogy based on early Methodism. Lady Selina Countess of Huntingdon features largely in the opening book,
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Scruton, Ian (January 2022). Davis, Matt (ed.). "Were John and Charles Wesley at George Hastings' Funeral?".
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Queen of the Methodists: The Countess of Huntingdon and the eighteenth-century crisis of faith and society
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Jack C. Whytock. The Huntingdonian Missionaries to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, c. 1785-1792
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Lady Selina Hastings (1737–1763), died when engaged to Lt-Col George Hastings, without issue.
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Schlenther, Boyd Stanley (2008). "Hastings , Selina, countess of Huntingdon (1707-1791)".
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Kirby, Gilbert, 2002. The Elect Lady. Trustees of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion
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signatories to the Ladies' Petition for the Establishment of the Foundling Hospital
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Coram's children : the London Foundling Hospital in the eighteenth century
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She also used her influence in the world of the arts to secure publication for
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In 1795, Spa Fields Chapel was used by the founders of the non-denominational
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The Free Church of England: The History and Promise of an Anglican Tradition
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On 21 April 1730, she became one of the 21 aristocratic women whose support
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She helped finance and guide early Methodism and was the first principal of
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In the Midst of Early Methodism: Lady Huntingdon and Her Correspondence
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did not want to be classified in that status, and left the Connexion.
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herself in 1770 when she inherited Whitefield's overseas estates in
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which is open to the public), there was a curtained recess dubbed "
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Until 1779, Lady Huntingdon and her chaplains were members of the
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She did this dutifully until her own death in 1804 and burial at
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Beloved Bethesda: A History of George Whitefield's Home for Boys
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In 1739, Lady Huntington joined the first Methodist society in
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in 1768 the Countess founded a ministers' training college at
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She was clearly a pivotal figure in the Evangelical Revival.
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Following the expulsion of six Methodist students from
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Ladies of Quality and Distinction Exhibition Catalogue
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Orchard, Stephen. "Selina, Countess of Huntingdon."
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Guerinni, Anita (2004). "Hastings, Lady Elizabeth".
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there. During the mid-1760s, she met and befriended
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Index

Selina, Countess of Huntingdon
Selina Hastings (writer)
The Right Honourable

Astwell Castle
Northamptonshire
Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon
Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon
Elizabeth Rawdon, Countess of Moira
Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers
née
Methodist
religious revival
Sierra Leone
Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion
Trevecca College, Wales
George Whitefield
John Wesley
Astwell Castle
Northamptonshire
Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers
Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Baronet
Staunton Harold Hall
Leicestershire
Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon
Donington Hall
Lady Elizabeth Hastings
Thomas Coram
Foundling Hospital
signatories to the Ladies' Petition for the Establishment of the Foundling Hospital

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