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Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (née Shirley; 24 August 1707 – 17 June 1791) was an English Christian and religious leader who played a prominent part in the religious revival of the 18th century and the Methodist movement in England and Wales.
Selina Hastings, countess of Huntingdon (born Aug. 24, 1707, Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, Eng.—died June 17, 1791, London) was a central figure in the evangelical revival in 18th-century England, who founded the Countess of Huntingdon’s Connexion, a sect of Calvinistic Methodists.
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Selina Shirley Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (1707–1791), was a noteworthy figure in eighteenth-century English Methodism. She was an admirer and follower of John Wesley yet made her own mark as a leader of the Calvinistic wing of the Methodist movement.
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Sep 29, 2013 · In 1728 she married Theophilus Hastings, the ninth Earl of Huntingdon, and this marriage gave her the title Countess of Huntingdon. In his biography of George Whitefield, Arnold Dallimore notes “the remarkable Christian witness that [Lady Huntingdon] maintained among Britain’s nobility.”.
English religious leader and founder of a sect of Calvinistic Methodists known as the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion. Name variations: Countess of Huntingdon; Selina Hastings Huntingdon; Selina Huntington; Selina Shirley.
May 17, 2018 · Selina Hastings Huntingdon, countess of, 1707–91, English religious leader, patron of the Calvinistic Methodists. She was closely associated with the Wesleys and George Whitefield [1]. When they split, she took the side of Whitefield, whom she made one of her chaplains.
