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About Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge
Field Marshal Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, was a British Army officer and politician. After serving in the Peninsular 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.
Everything about Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge →- Occupation
- politician, military personnel, general field marshal
- Position held
- Governor-General of India, member of the House of Lords, Member of the Privy Council of Ireland, Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- March 30, 1785
- Died
- September 24, 1856