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Henry Hardinge, first viscount Hardinge
(1785-1856)
NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Hardinge, Henry Hardinge, Viscount, 1785-1856
NRA:    Hardinge Henry (1785-1856) 1st Viscount Hardinge Field Marshal
DNB:    Hardinge, Henry, first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore (1785-1856), army officer and governor-general of India
LBT ID: LdHardi1    VIAF ID: 76334676    LOC ID: n86023908		B/BAP:   1785-03-30
DIED:   1856-09-24
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
After a distinguished career in the Napoleonic wars (in which he lost his left hand) he served as Tory MP for Durham (1820-30), Newport (1830-34), and Launceston (1834-44); he was secretary-at-war (1838-30) and governor-general of India (1844-48).
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