Admiral Alexander Plantagenet Hastings, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (31 October, 1844 – 7 December, 1925) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 9 August, 1865.
Promoted to the rank of Commander on 19 July, 1870.
Promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1878.
Hastings commanded the armoured frigate Black Prince in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1890. His ship was part of Fleet Number 1 playing the role of the Royal Navy fending off attacks on British trade routes.
Hastings was tried by a Court Martial on 29 November 1892 for having negligently or by default hazarding and stranding H.M.S. Howe on rocks at the entrance to Spain's Ferrol Harbour on 2 November. The charge was not proved and he was fully acquitted. A subsequent Court Martial found that the chart was inaccurate. The Admiralty, however, did not concur with this verdict and placed the blame on Captain Hastings and Commander D. L. Dickson.
He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 January, 1894.
Hastings was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 21 March, 1900, vice Lord Walter Kerr.
Hastings was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 28 March, 1901 and was to receive retired pay of £680 per annum.
He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 16 June, 1904.