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Henry Hardinge, I visconte Hardinge (Wrotham, 30 marzo 1785 – Royal Tunbridge Wells, 24 settembre 1856), è stato un generale britannico, governatore coloniale.
Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, GCB, PC, (30 March 1785 – 24 September 1856) 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.
Enciclopedia on line. Generale inglese (Wrotham, Kent, 1785 - South Park, Tunbridge Wells, 1856). Combatté contro Napoleone in Spagna e nella campagna del 1815; nel 1844, nominato governatore delle Indie, vi condusse la campagna contro i Sikh; tornato in patria, divenne comandante in capo dell'esercito.
Combatté nella battaglia di Ferozeshah, nella quale i Sikh furono respinti con gravi perdite e costretti a chieder la pace. Tornato a Londra, fu creato pari, col titolo di visconte Hardinge di Lahore.
Henry Hardinge, I visconte Hardinge , è stato un generale britannico, governatore coloniale.
Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge was a British soldier and statesman who was governor-general of India in 1844–48. Hardinge entered the army in 1799 and, during the Napoleonic Wars, served with distinction as a staff officer in the Peninsular War (1808–14).
Viscount Hardinge, of Lahore and of Kings Newton in the County of Derby, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1846 for the soldier and Tory politician Sir Henry Hardinge. His son, the second Viscount, represented Downpatrick in Parliament.
