Gilbert Clifton-Hastings-Campbell, 3rd Baron Donington

Gilbert Theophilus Clifton Clifton-Hastings-Campbell, 3rd Baron Donington (29 May 1859 – 31 May 1927) was a British peer and soldier.

Early life He was given the name Gilbert Theophilus Clifton Abney-Hastings at his birth on 29 May 1859. He was a younger son of Charles Abney-Hastings, 1st Baron Donington and Edith Rawdon-Hastings, 10th Countess of Loudoun. His elder siblings included Lady Flora Hastings (who married Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk) and Charles Rawdon-Hastings, 11th Earl of Loudoun (who married Hon. Alice Fitzalan-Howard, daughter of Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Glossop). Among his younger siblings were Hon. Paulyn Rawdon-Hastings (who married Lady Maud Grimston, daughter of James Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam). He was a Major in the 3rd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters.

Personal life

On 12 July 1894, he married Maud Kemble Hamilton, daughter of Sir Charles Hamilton, 1st Baronet, and the former Lucia McCorquodale. Together, they lived at Glenlee Park, New Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, and Hatley Park, Hatley St. George, Sandy, Bedfordshire, and were the parents of four daughters, two of whom survived to adulthood: Edith Winifred Leigarde Clifton-Hastings-Campbell (1897–1908), who died young. Alicia Moira Stuarta Clifton-Hastings-Campbell (1909–1916), who died young. On his death, his barony became extinct. He left an estate of £71,266, the majority of which was left to his wife, and then upon her death, to his two surviving daughters. Lady Donington died on 18 November 1947.

Descendants Through his eldest daughter Selina, he was a grandfather of Faith Agnes Devorguilla MacTaggart-Stewart (1926–1998), who married Henry John Brewis, MP for Galloway.

Through his daughter Irene, he was a grandfather of Patricia Egidia Hastings Emmott (1929–2020), who married Brigadier Stafford Floyer-Acland.