Arthur Edward Hardinge
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Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire |
Military career
Born the second son of
In 1881 he was appointed Commander of the Bombay Army and colonel of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers until 1886, when he was transferred to be Governor of Gibraltar and colonel of the 1st Battalion of the King's Royal Rifle Corps.[1] He was promoted full general on 1 April 1883. On his return to England in 1890, he transferred to be colonel of the 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards until his death. He was made Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1886.[3]
He died on 15 July 1892 from injuries received in a carriage accident at Weymouth and was buried in the churchyard of St. Peter, Fordcombe, Kent.[3]
Family
On 30 December 1858, he married Mary Georgina Frances Ellis, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Augustus Frederick Ellis, and had one son (Arthur Henry Hardinge) and three daughters.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Arthur Edward Hardinge at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Announcement War Office, 22 June 1849
- ^ a b
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1901). "Hardinge, Arthur Edward". Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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