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Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, GCB, PC, (30 March 1785 – 24 September 1856) was a British Army officer and politician. After serving in the Peninsular War and the Waterloo Campaign he became Secretary at War in Wellington's ministry.
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Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (born March 30, 1785, Wrotham, Kent, England—died September 24, 1856, South Park, near Tunbridge Wells, Kent) was a British soldier and statesman who was governor-general of India in 1844–48. Hardinge entered the army in 1799 and, during the Napoleonic Wars, served with distinction as a staff officer in ...
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Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, GCB, PC, (30 March 1785 – 24 September 1856) was a British Army officer and politician. After serving in the Peninsular War and the Waterloo Campaign he became Secretary at War in Wellington 's ministry.
Hardinge was the second son of Charles Hardinge, 2nd Viscount Hardinge, and the grandson of Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, a former Governor-General of India. He was educated Cheam School, Harrow School and at Trinity College, Cambridge. Career 1912 assassination attempt on Lord Hardinge.
Biography. 3rd Son of Rev. Henry Hardinge, Rector of Stanhope. Was born at Wrotham in Kent. Entered the British Army as an ensign and rose, through a long and brilliant career, to the very summit of his profession. He was actively engaged through the whole of the Peninsular War. He was wounded at Vittoria and lost a hand under Blüchire at Ligney.
Home. Hardinge, Sir Henry. Contributed by. Hourican, Bridget. Hardinge, Sir Henry (1785–1856), 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore , chief secretary for Ireland, was born 30 March 1785 in Kent, third son of Henry Hardinge, rector of Stanhope, Durham, and his wife Frances, daughter of James Best of Kent.
