Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon

British countess

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1707

Place of Birth: Ashby-de-la-Zouch, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 17-Jun-1791

Profession: theologian

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Selina, Countess of Huntingdon (24 August 1707 – 17 June 1791) was an English religious leader who played a prominent part in the religious revival of the 18th century and the Methodist movement in England and Wales.
She founded an evangelical branch in England and Sierra Leone, known as the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion.
She helped finance and guide early Methodism and was the first principal of Trevecca College, Wales, established in 1768 to train Methodist ministers.
With construction of 64 chapels in England and Wales, plus mission work in colonial America, she is estimated to have spent over £100,000 on these activities, a huge sum when a family of four could live on £31 per year.A regular correspondent of George Whitefield and John Wesley, she is also remembered for her adversarial relationships with other Methodists.