Henry Hardinge 1st Viscount Hardinge Politician

Field Marshal Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, GCB, PC (30 March 1785 – 24 September 1856) was a British Army officer and politician. After serving in the Peninsula War and the Waterloo Campaign he became Secretary at War in Wellington's ministry. After a tour as Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1830 he became Secretary at War again in Sir Robert Peel's cabinet. He went on to be Governor-general of India at the time of the First Anglo-Sikh War and then Commander-in-Chief of the Forces during the Crimean War.

Personal facts

Henry Hardinge 1st Viscount Hardinge
Birth dateMarch 30, 1785
Birth place
England , Kent , Wrotham
Date of deathSeptember 24, 1856
Place of death
England , Kent , Royal Tunbridge Wells

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Office holder

awards
Order of the Bath
military operations
First Anglo-Sikh War
Crimean War
Peninsular War
Hundred Days
military branch
British Army
military commandCommander-in-Chief of the British Army
military rank
Field marshal
monarch
Queen Victoria
prime minister
John Russell 1st Earl Russell
service end1856
service start1799
successor
James Broun-Ramsay 1st Marquess of Dalhousie

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