Viscount Hardinge
Viscount Hardinge , of Lahore and of Kings Newton in the County of Derby , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
The Viscount family residence is Broadmere House near Basingstoke in Hampshire .
Award
The title was bestowed on the officer, Governor General of India and politician Sir Henry Hardinge on May 2, 1846 . He had previously commanded the victorious British troops in the Battle of Sobraon against the Sikhs . He later became Commander in Chief of the British Army .
Subordinate title
The 6th Viscount inherited the title Baronet , of Belle Isle in the County of Fermanagh in 1986 from a distant relative . This was given on August 4, 1801 to an uncle of the 1st Viscount. At the time of the award it was expressly determined that the title could also be inherited by brothers of the 1st Baronet and their male descendants in the absence of male descendants. The Baronetcy is now listed as a subordinate title to the Viscount dignity.
List of Viscounts Hardinge and Hardinge Baronets, of Lurran
Viscounts Hardinge (1846)
- Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785-1856)
- Charles Hardinge, 2nd Viscount Hardinge (1822-1894)
- Henry Hardinge, 3rd Viscount Hardinge (1857-1924)
- Caryl Hardinge, 4th Viscount Hardinge (1905–1979)
- Henry Hardinge, 5th Viscount Hardinge (1929–1984)
- Charles Hardinge, 6th Viscount Hardinge (1956-2004)
- Andrew Hardinge, 7th Viscount Hardinge (1960-2014)
- Thomas Hardinge, 8th Viscount Hardinge (* 1993)
Probable title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is Jamie Alexander David Hardinge (* 1997)
Hardinge Baronets, of Belle Isle (1801)
- Sir Richard Hardinge, 1st Baronet (1756-1826)
- Sir Charles Hardinge, 2nd Baronet (1780–1864)
- Sir Henry Hardinge, 3rd Baronet (1830–1873)
- Sir Edmund Hardinge, 4th Baronet (1833-1924)
- Sir Charles Hardinge, 5th Baronet (1878–1968)
- Sir Robert Hardinge, 6th Baronet (1887–1973)
- Sir Robert Hardinge, 7th Baronet (1914–1986)
- Sir Charles Hardinge, 8th Baronet (1956-2004) (held the title Viscount Hardinge since 1984 )
because of the other Baronets of Lurran, see above at Viscount Hardinge
See also
- Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1910)