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Hardinge, Viscount (UK, 1846)

Creation: let. pat. 2 May 1846

Family name: Hardinge

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Arms:

Gules on a Chevron Argent fimbriated Or three Escallops Sable

Crest:

A Mitre Gules charged with a Chevron as in the arms

Supporters:

On either side a Lion proper that on the dexter murally crowned supporting a Flag flowing to the dexter Or and that on the sinister crowned with an Eastern Crown supporting a Flag flowing to the sinister Or

Motto:

Mens Aequa Rebus in Arduis (An equal mind in difficulties)

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Henry [Hardinge], 1st Viscount Hardinge, GCB

3rd son of Rev Henry Hardinge, Rector of Stanhope, co. Durham (by his wife Frances Best, dau. of James Best, of Park House, Bexley, co. Kent), elder brother of Sir Richard Hardinge, 1st Bt., and 2nd son of Nicholas Hardinge MP by his wife Jane Pratt, sister of Charles [Pratt], 1st Earl Camden, and dau. of Sir John Pratt, of the Wilderness, Seale, co. Kent, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench

born

30 Mar 1785

mar.

10 Dec 1821 his second cousin Lady Emily Jane James (widow of John James;  d. 18 Oct 1865), 6th dau. of Robert [Stewart], 1st Marquess of Londonderry, by his second wife Lady Frances Pratt, 1st dau. of Charles [Pratt], 1st Earl Camden

died

24 Sep 1856

created

2 May 1846 Viscount Hardinge, of Lahore and of King's Newton in the County of Derby

suc. by

son

note

Secretary-at-War 1828 and 1841;  Governor-General of India 1841-48

Charles Stewart [Hardinge], 2nd Viscount Hardinge

born

2 Sep 1822

mar.

10 Apr 1856 Lady Lavinia Bingham (b. 2 May 1835; d. 15 Sep 1864), 3rd dau. of George Charles [Bingham], 3rd Earl of Lucan, by his wife Lady Anne Brudenell, 7th dau. and cohrss. of Robert [Brudenell], 6th Earl of Cardigan

died

28 Jul 1894

suc. by

son

Henry Charles [Hardinge], 3rd Viscount Hardinge, CB

born

1 Aug 1857

mar.

8 Jul 1891 Mary Frances Nevill (mar. (2) 18 Oct 1928 her cousin Henry Gilbert Ralph [Nevill], 3rd Marquess of Abergavenny;  d. 31 Oct 1954), 3rd dau. of Hon Ralph Nevill, of Birling Manor, co. Kent (by his wife Louisa Marianne Maclean, 3rd dau. of Sir Charles FitzRoy Maclean of Duart, 9th Bt.), 2nd son of William [Nevill], 4th Earl of Abergavenny

died

30 Apr 1924

suc. by

son

Caryl Nicholas Charles [Hardinge], 4th Viscount Hardinge, MBE

born

25 Dec 1905

mar.

15 Sep 1928 Margaret Elizabeth Arnot Fleming (d. 1993), only child of Hugh Fleming, of Wynyards, Rockcliffe, Ottowa, Canada

died

13 Jun 1979

suc. by

son

Henry Nicholas Paul [Hardinge], 5th Viscount Hardinge

born

15 Aug 1929

mar. (1)

13 Oct 1955 (div. 1982) Zoe Ann Molson (mar. (2) Christopher Mark Henry Murray, of St Aubin, Jersey, Channel Islands), only child of Senator Hartland de Montarville Molson OBE OC, of Montreal, Canada, by his first wife Helen Hogg

children by first wife

1. Hon Charles Henry Nicholas Hardinge, later 6th Viscount Hardinge

2. Hon Andrew Hartland Hardinge, later 7th Viscount Hardinge

3. Hon Maximilian Evelyn Hardinge (b. 19 Jan 1969)

mar. (2)

17 Sep 1982 Baroness Florence Elizabeth von Oppenheim (mar. (2) 1993 Martin Graham Shelley, of St Boswells, co. Roxburgh), dau. of Baron Harold von Oppenheim, of Cologne, Germany

only child by second wife

1. Hon Georgia Victoria Hardinge (b. 1984)

died

16 Jul 1984

suc. by

son by first wife

Charles Henry Nicholas [Hardinge], 6th Viscount Hardinge

born

25 Aug 1956

mar.

27 Sep 1985 Julie Thérèse Sillett, 1st dau. of Keith Sillett, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

children

1. Hon Emilie Charlotte Hardinge (b. 1986)

2. Hon Olivia Margaux Hardinge (b. 1989)

died

18 Jan 2004

suc. by

brother

note

suc. his fourth cousin once removed 1986 as 8th Baronet of Fermanagh

Andrew Hartland [Hardinge], 7th Viscount Hardinge

born

7 Jan 1960

mar.

1990 Sophia Mary Bagnell, only dau. of Capt (William) David Armstrong Bagnell, of East Worldham House, Alton, co. Hampshire

children

1. Hon Thomas Henry de Montarville Hardinge, later 8th Viscount Hardinge

2. Hon Jamie Hardinge, heir presumptive to the Viscountcy of Hardinge (b. 4 Nov 1996)

1. Hon Melissa Laura Rose Hardinge (b. 13 Dec 1999)

died

11 Feb 2014

suc. by

son

Thomas Henry de Montarville [Hardinge], 8th Viscount Hardinge

born

19 Jun 1993

The heir presumptive to the Viscountcy of Hardings is Hon Jamie Hardinge, second son of the 7th Viscount Hardinge and younger brother of the present Viscount Hardinge.

Last updated 29 Jun 2014

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Title:

8th Viscount Hardinge, of Lahore and of King's Norton in the County of Derby

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 2 May 1846)

10th Baronet, styled "of Belle Isle, Fermanagh"

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 4 Aug 1801)

Address:

20 Niton Street, London SW6 6NJ

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