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HARCOURT— HARDINGE. 163 standard at the coronation( J ) of Geo. IV., 19 July 1821, being on that occasion made Field Maiisual. He m., 3 Sep. 1778, at Kensington, Midx., Mary, widow of Thomas LocKOAiiT, da. of the Hev. William Danhy, of Swinton, co. York, D.D. He d. s.>., 17 June 1830, aged 87, at his residence St. Leonard's Hill, Berks, when all his honours became (xtinet.{ h ) Will nr. Julv 1830. His widow d. 14 Jan. 1833. Will pr. Feb. 1833. HARDERESHULL, John de Hardereshtjll was sum. by writ 25 Feb. (1341/2), 16 Ed. II. to a Council which was not a regular Pari. ; consequently such writ cannot be held lo have originated any hereditary Barony. HARD INGE OF LAHORE AND KINGS NEWTON. Viscountcy. l. Henry Hardikge, 3d s. of the Rev. Henry H., I 1846 Rector of Stanhope, co. Durham, by Frances, da. of James Best, of Bark House, in Boxley, co. Kent; h. 30 March 17S5, and bap. at Wi-otham, co. Kent; joined the Army in July 1709, becoming Major 1809; Lieut. Col., 1811; Colonel, 1821; Major Geu., 1830; Lieut. Gen.. 1841; General, 1852, and finally Field Marshal in 1855. Being, 1809-14, Dep. Quarter Master Gen. of the Portuguese Army he distinguished himself greatly during the Peninsular war, the victory (22 May 1811) of Albuera (caused by the charge of Cole's brigade) being generally attributed to him, while at the battle of Quatre bras (16 June 18151 he was severely wounded and lost his left hand ; K.C.B., 2 Jan. 1815, being also (Oct. 1815) Knight (3d class)_ of Willielm of the Netherlands ; Knight of the Tower and Sword of Portugal ; Knight of St. Ferdinand of Spain and (later on) Knight Grand Cross of the Heel Eagle of Prussia. He received the Gold Cross with five clasps in 1815 ami the Waterloo Medal in 1S16 and was cr. D.C.L. of Oxford, 14 June 1820. M.P. for Durham (city), 1S20-30; for St. Germans, 1830-31 ; for Newport (Cornwall), 1831-32, and for Lauuceston, 1832-44. He was Clerk of the Ordnance, 1S23-2S; P.C., 1828 ; Sec. at War, 182S-30, and again 1841-14 ; P.O. [I.], 1830 ; Ch. See. for Ireland, July to Nov. 1830, and again 1834-35. He was Col, of the 97th Foot, 1833-43, and of the 57th, 1853 ; G.C.B. (Civil), 1 July 1844. From May 184 1 to Jan. 1848 he was Gov. Gen', of India during the first Sikh war in which (waiving his right to the command) he served second to Sir Hugh Gough at the battles on the Sullej, Dec. 1845 to Feb. 1816, peace being concluded within three months of the first outbreak. He was accordingly cr., 2 May 1846, VISCOUNT HABD1NGE OF LAHORE( c ) AND KINGS NEWTON, CO. DERBY, with a pension of £3,000 a year for himself and his two successors in the titles and (from the East India Company) a life annuity of £5,010, receiving the thanks of Pari. In March 1852 he was Master Gen. of the Ordnance and (a few months later) in Sep. 1852(suctheDukeof Wellingtonas) " General Commanding in Chief "() which post he (») This he did as one of the two senior Generals, the Marquess of Drogheda [I.] being the other. ( b ) The issue of his only sister having become extinct iu 1S27 by the death of Sir George Lee, 6th Bart., of Hartwell, the representation of the Harcourt family devolved on the Lords Vernon iu right of descent from Martha, only 3ister of the 1st Earl Harcourt, second wifo of the 1st Lord Vernon. The estates, however, devolved on Edward Veuables-Vemou, afterwards Veruon-Harcourt, Archbishop of York (1807-47) the second son of that match in whoso issue they still continue. These in 18S3 consisted of about S.000 acres in Oxon and Berks worth about ^11, 000 a year, besides some five acres iu Midx. and Sussex worth about £2,000 a year more. (°) See vol. i, p. 79, note " a," sub " Amherst," as to titles of this kind conferred in commemoration of some victory. () " His tenure of this high office proved the least satisfactory episode in his career" he was " unwilling to disturb routine arrangements " and "when in 1851 the Crimean war began, the manifest want of preparation on the part of the military authorities led to [serious] disasters." See " Nat. Biogr." M 2