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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Hardinge, Henry, Viscount
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A distinguished soldier and Governor-General of India, born at Wrotham, Kent; joined the army in 1798, and served through the Peninsular and Waterloo campaigns, but wounded at Ligny he was unable to take part in the final struggle with Napoleon; he now turned his attention to politics; was Secretary of War under Wellington, and subsequently twice Chief Secretary for Ireland; in 1844 he was appointed Governor-General of India, and later distinguished himself under Gough in the first Sikh War; a viscountship and pension followed in 1845, and seven years later he succeeded Wellington as Commander-in-Chief of the British army (1785-1856).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hardinge, Henry, Viscount'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/hardinge-henry-viscount.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hardinge, Henry, Viscount'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/hardinge-henry-viscount.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
