Edith Rawdon-Hastings, 10th Countess of Loudoun

Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings, 10th Countess of Loudoun (10 December 1833 – 23 January 1874) was a Scottish peeress, the daughter of George Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Marquess of Hastings and his wife Barbara. She was greatly attached to the old Mure family mansion of Rowallan Castle near Kilmaurs in Ayrshire. She expended considerable sums in repairing the ancient edifice and without her concern this remarkable building would no longer be with us.^[1]

She married Charles Clifton, who took the name Abney-Hastings, on 30 April 1853. They had six children:

• Lady Flora Paulyna Hetty Barbara Abney Hastings (1854–1887), married Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk and had issue.
• Charles Edward Hastings Clifton, 11th Earl of Loudoun (1855–1920)
• Major Paulyn Francis Cuthbert Rawdon-Hastings (1856–1907), married Lady Maud Grimston, daughter of James Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam and had issue.
• Gilbert Theophilus Clifton Clifton-Hastings-Campbell, 3rd Baron Donington (1859–1927)
• Henry Cecil Plantagenet Clifton (1860–1886), died young.
• Lady Egidia Sophia Frederica Christina Clifton (1870–1892), died young.

After her death her widowed husband was created Baron Donington.

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