Marian Hastings

Marian Hastings (1747–1837), born Anna Maria Apollonia Chapuset and called Marian von Imhoff, Baroness von Imhoff during her first marriage, was the wife of Warren Hastings, the British governor-general of Bengal in 1772–1785. A native of Nuremberg, she met Hastings on a ship bound for India in 1769 while still married to her first husband, Baron Christoph Carl Adam von Imhoff. Hastings and Marian fell in love, while the Baron von Imhoff returned to Europe in 1772–73 and received a divorce from Marian in 1776. Hastings wed Marian in 1777 and adopted her two sons by her first marriage. She left for England for her health in 1784 and was joined by her husband the next year. Her son Charles inherited their house and estate.

Life Hastings is believed to have been born in Nuremberg in 1747. One source says on the 2 February. Her parents were Johann Jakob and Caroline Friederike (born Grundgeiger or Krongeiger) and she had a younger brother named Johann Paul Thomas. Her father died in 1758. "Coaches" a 1788 cartoon by James Gillray. Warren and Marian Hastings are inside the coach They fell in love and they began an affair, seemingly with her husband's consent. The divorce took a long time and it was not until 1777 when news came from Germany that Hastings was finally able to marry her in August 1777 in Calcutta. when she left India because of her health. Warren joined her in Britain in 1785.

Her husband died in 1818 at Daylesford. A memorial was erected to him in Westminster Abbey by M.A.Hastings.

Death and legacy She died in 1837 at Daylesford House and her son inherited the house.