Selina Hastings

Alias: Countess of Huntingdon

Life

Born: 24 August 1707

Died: 17 June 1791

Biography

Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, was an English religious leader and philanthropist, financing and guiding early Methodism and was the first principal of Trevecca College, Wales, established in 1768 to train Methodist ministers. She funded the construction of 64 chapels in England, Wales, and in colonial America, estimated to have cost over £100,000, "a huge sum [at a time] when a family of four could live on £31 per year" (Wikipedia).

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