Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon

Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon (12 November 1696 – 13 October 1746) was an English peer.

[4] He served as a governor of the Foundling Hospital, although his epitaph portrays him as an essentially private man.

[6] Theophilus and Selina had seven children: He had an illegitimate son, Sir George Hastings (1733–1783).

He died of an apoplexy on 13 October 1746 and was buried in St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

[4] A monument to the ninth earl erected by his wife remains in the church; the epitaph was written by Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke.