Barbara Huddleston Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun (1919–2002), was a Scottish countess.
Loudoun was the oldest daughter of Reginald Mowbray Chichester Huddleston and Edith Abney-Hastings, 12th Countess of Loudoun, great-great-great-granddaughter of Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings.
Her only brother, Ian Huddleston Abney-Hastings, styled Lord Mauchline (1918–1944), was killed in Italy in World War II, so as the oldest sister Barbara succeeded in the earldom in 1960. She lived in Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, England. She was a member of the House of Lords until 1999 when the right of hereditary peers to sit in the Lords was abolished, and was a cross-bencher, concerned with social justice.
On her mother's side, she was descended from and heir-general of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence. Her other notable ancestors include Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Lady Mary Boleyn, King James IV of Scotland, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. She was also descended from ancient Scottish nobility.
Lady Loudoun was married three times. She married firstly Captain Walter Strickland Lord in 1939. They had one child:
She married secondly Captain Gilbert Frederick Greenwood in 1945. They had two children:
She married thirdly Peter Griffiths in 1954. They had three children:
When she died, she was succeeded by her oldest son.
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| Preceded by Edith Abney-Hastings |
Countess of Loudoun 1960–2002 |
Succeeded by Michael Abney-Hastings |