George Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Marquess of Hastings

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George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Marquess of Hastings (4 February 1808–13 January 1844) was a British peer, known as Lord Rawdon from birth until 1817 and Earl of Rawdon from 1817 to 1826.

Lord Rawdon was born in 1808, the eldest son of Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira (later Marquess of Hastings) and his wife, Flora Mure-Campbell, 6th Countess of Loudoun.

Inheriting his father's titles in 1826 (and later his mother's in 1840), Lord Hastings was a Lord of the Bedchamber to King William IV from 1830 to 1831. He married Barbara Yelverton, 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn on 1 August 1831. They had six children:

• Paulyn Reginald Serlo, styled Earl of Rawdon, later 3rd Marquess of Hastings (1832-1851)
• Lady Edith Maud, later 10th Countess of Loudoun (1833-1874)
• Lady Bertha Lelgarde, later 22nd Baroness Grey de Ruthyn (1835-1887)
• Lady Victoria Maria Louisa (1837-1888)
• Lord Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet, later 4th Marquess of Hastings (1842-1868)
• Lady Frances Augusta Constance (1844-1910), married Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney.

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Francis Rawdon-Hastings	Marquess of Hastings 1826–1844	Succeeded by Paulyn Rawdon-Hastings
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Flora Mure-Campbell	Earl of Loudoun 1840–1844	Succeeded by Paulyn Rawdon-Hastings