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Hardinge of Penshurst, Baron (UK, 1910)

Creation:let. pat. 21 Jul 1910

Family name:Hardinge

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Arms:

Gules on a Chevron Argent fimbriated Or three Escallops Sable a Chief wavy Argent thereon the representation of a French Frigate wholly dismasted towed towards the dexter by an English Frigate in a shattered state

Crests:

1st:  a Dexter Hand couped in Naval Uniform grasping a Sword surmounting a Dutch and French Flag in saltire on the former inscribed "Atalanta" and on the latter "Piedmontaise" the sword passing through a Wreath of Laurel near the point and a little below through one of Cypress all proper;  2nd:  a Mitre Gules thereon a Chevron Argent fimbriated Or charged with three Escallops Sable

Supporters:

Dexter:  a Bear proper;  Sinister:  a Bengal Tiger also proper

Motto:

Pro Rege et Patria (For King and Country)

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Charles [Hardinge], 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, KG GCB GCSI GCMG GCIE GCVO ISO PC

2nd son of Charles Stewart [Hardinge], 2nd Viscount Hardinge, by his wife Lady Lavinia Bingham, 2nd dau. of George Charles [Bingham], 3rd Earl of Lucan

born

20 Jun 1858

mar.

17 Apr 1890 his first cousin Hon Winifred Selina Sturt CI, Extra Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Alexandra (b. 17 Mar 1868; d. 11 Jul 1914), 2nd dau. of Henry Gerard [Sturt], 1st Baron Alington, by his first wife Lady Augusta Bingham, 1st dau. of George Charles [Bingham], 3rd Earl of Lucan

children

1. Lieut Hon Edward Charles Hardinge DSO, Page of Honour to King Edward VII (b. 3 May 1892; dvp. 18 Dec 1914 of wounds received in action)

2. Hon Alexander Henry Louis Hardinge, later 2nd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst

1. Hon Diamond Evelyn Violet Hardinge (b. 8 June 1900; dsp. 11 Jan 1927), mar. 12 Jun 1923 as his first wife Maj Sir Robert Alexander Abercromby of Birkenbog, 9th Bt. MC DL

died

2 Aug 1944

created

21 Jul 1910 Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, of Penshurst in the County of Kent

suc. by

son

note

Diplomatic Service 1880-1910: 3rd Secretary Constantinople 1882, Berlin 1884 and Washington 1885; 2nd Secretary Constantinople 1888 and Paris 1893; CB 1895; Secretary of Legation Teheran 1896; Secretary of Embassy St Petersburg 1898-1903; Assistant Under-Secretary 1903-04; Privy Councillor 1904; Ambassador to St Petersburg 1904-06; GCMG 1905; GCVO 1905; ISO 1906; Principal Under-Secretary 1906-10 and 1916-20; GCB 1910; GCSI 1910; GCIE 1910; Viceroy of India 1910-16; Knight of the Garter 1916; Chairman, Royal Commission of the Rebellion in Ireland 1916; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Paris 1920-22; Principal Delegate for India to the Geneva Conference 1923-24; Member, Joint Committee Indian Constitutional Reform 1933-34; holder of the Royal Victorian Chain and many overseas Orders

Alexander Henry Louis [Hardinge], 2nd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, GCB GCVO MC PC

born

17 May 1894

mar.

8 Feb 1921 Helen Mary Gascoyne-Cecil (d. 1979), only dau. of Lord Edward Herbert Gascoyne-Cecil KCMG DSO (by his wife Violet Georgina Maxse, 2nd dau. of Adm Frederick Augustus Maxse, of Dunley Hill, co. Surrey), 4th son of Robert Arthur Talbot [Gascoyne-Cecil], 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, by his wife Violet Georgina Maxse, 2nd dau. of Adm Frederick Augustus Maxse, of Dunley Hill, co. Surrey

children

1. Hon George Edward Charles Hardinge, later 3rd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst

1. Hon Winifred Mary Hardinge, served in the WRNS during World War II (b. 2 May 1923; d. 1 Dec 2019), mar. 10 Jul 1943 Maj Sir (John) Anthony Jerningham Murray CBE, of Woodmancote Manor Cottage, Cirencester, co. Gloucester, son of Capt John Challenger Murray, of Oaksey House, co. Wiltshire, by his wife  Cecilia Annette Mary Jerningham, only child of Sir Henry Stafford Jerningham, 11th and last Bt., and had issue

2. Hon Elizabeth Rosemary Hardinge JP, served in the WRNS 1945-48 (b. 3 Apr 1927; d. Apr 1995), mar. 4 Nov 1949 Lt-Col Sir John Frederick Dame Johnston GCVO MC, of Stone Cottage, Windsor Great Park, co. Berkshire, Extra Equerry to HM The Queen since 1965, Comptroller Lord Chamberlain's Office 1981-87 (b. 24 Aug 1922), son of Frederick Horace Johnston by his wife Winifred Emily Dane, and had issue

died

29 May 1960

suc. by

son

note

served in World War I 1914-18 as Major, Grenadier Guards; MC; ADC to his father when Viceroy of India 1915-16; Equerry and Assistant Private Secretary to King George V 1920-36;  Assistant Keeper of HM's Privy Purse 1935-36;  Privy Councillor 1936; Private Secretary and Extra Equerry to King Edward VIII 1936 and to King George VI 1936-43; GCVO 1937; GCB 1943; Extra Equerry 1943-52

George Edward Charles [Hardinge], 3rd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst

born

31 Oct 1921

mar. (1)

22 Jul 1944 (div. 1962) his third cousin Janet Christine Goschen Balfour (d. 18 Mar 1970), only dau. of Lt Col Francis Cecil Campbell Balfour CIE CBE MC (by his wife Hon Phyllis Evelyn Goschen, 1st dau. of George Joachim [Goschen], 2nd Viscount Goschen), 1st son of Col Eustace James Anthony Balfour (by his wife Lady Frances Campbell, 5th dau. by his first wife of George Douglas [Campbell], 8th Duke of Argyll), 5th son of James Maitland Balfour, of Whittinghame, East Lothian, by his wife Lady Blanche Mary Harriet Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd dau. by his first wife of James Brownlow William [Cecil later Gascoyne-Cecil], 2nd Marquess of Salisbury

children by first wife

1. Hon Julian Alexander Hardinge, later 4th Baron Hardinge of Penshurst

2. Hon Hugh Francis Hardinge, heir presumptive to the Barony of Hardinge of Penshurst, of Albion Villa, Church End, Over, co. Cambridge (b. 9 Apr 1948)

3. Hon Edward Frederick Hardinge (b. 25 Oct 1958)

mar. (2)

1966 Margaret Trezise, former wife of Derek Trezise and dau. of William Thomas Jerrum, of Hastings, co. Sussex

only child by second wife

4. Hon Charles Alexander Hardinge (b. 17 May 1967)

died

14 Jul 1997

suc. by

son by first wife

Julian Alexander [Hardinge], 4th Baron Hardinge of Penshurst

born

23 Aug 1945

mar. (1)

1972 (div. 1993) Anthea June West, dau. of Harold Mills West, of Martlesham, co. Suffolk

children by his first wife

1. Hon Frances Melanie Hardinge (b. 1973)

2. Hon Sophie Jane Hardinge (b. 1974)

mar. (2)

2001 Ulrike Adolph, dau. of Heinz Adolph, of Jestetten, Germany

note

Page of Honour to HM The Queen 1959-62

The heir presumptive to the Barony of Hardinge of Penshurst is Hon Hugh Francis Hardinge, 2nd son of the 3rd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst and younger brother of the present Baron.

Last updated 13 Apr 2020

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Title:

4th Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, of Penshurst in the County of Kent

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 21 Jul 1910)

Address:

Flat 2/L, 115 Broomfield Drive, Glasgow G11 7NA

E-Mail:  jardinge@aol.com

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