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b. 30 Mar. 1785, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Rev. Henry Hardinge (d. 1820) of Ketton, rect. of Stanhope, co. Dur., and Frances, da. of James Best of Park House, Boxley, Kent. educ. Durham sch.; R.M.C. 1806-7. m. 10 Dec. 1821, his cos. Emily Jane, da. of Robert Stewart†, 1st mq. of Londonderry [I], wid. of John James, sec. of embassy and minister plenip. to the Netherlands, 2s. 2da. KCB 2 Jan. 1815; suc. fa. to Ketton (by purchase) 1828; GCB 1 July 1844; cr. Visct. Hardinge 2 May 1846. d. 14 Sept. 1856.
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Ensign (army) 1798; lt. 4 Ft. Gds. 1802, 47 Ft. (half-pay) 1803; capt. 57 Ft. 1804, dep. q.m.g. Portuguese army 1809 – 14, maj. 1809; lt.-col. 40 Ft. 1814; capt. and lt.-col. 1 Ft. Gds. 1821, half-pay 1827; maj.-gen. 1830; col. 97 Ft. 1833; lt.-gen. 1841; col. 57 Ft. 1843 – d.; c.-in-c. army Sept. 1852 – July 1856; gen. 1854; f.m. 1855.

Clerk of ordnance Apr. 1823 – May 1827, Jan. – May 1828; PC 30 May 1828; sec. at war May 1828 – July 1830, Aug. 1841 – July 1844; chief sec. to ld. lt. [I] July – Nov. 1830, Dec. 1834 – Apr. 1835; gov.-gen. Bengal June 1844–8; master-gen. of ordnance Mar.-Sept. 1852.

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HARDINGE, Sir Henry (1785-1856), of Ketton, co. Dur. and 16 Sackville Street, Mdx.
Main residences: Ketton, co. Dur; 16 Sackville Street, Mdx.
Notes

See W. Broadfoot, Career of Maj. G. Broadfoot ...compiled from his papers and those of Lords Ellenborough and Hardinge(1888); C.S. Hardinge, Visct. Hardinge (1891); Letters of Visct. Hardinge ... to Lady Hardinge and Sir Walter and Lady James, 1844-1847 ed. B.S. Singh (Cam. Soc. ser. 4, xxxii); V. Kumar, India under Lord Hardinge (1978).

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M.M.E.
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Commons 1820-1832
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HARDINGE, Sir Henry (1785-1856)

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