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Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge

1785 - 1856

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Field Marshal Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, (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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge is the 16,213th most popular politician (up from 16,342nd in 2024), the 4,677th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,816th in 2019) and the 570th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge ranks 16,213 out of 19,576. Before him are Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou, Zehava Gal-On, Bärbel Bas, José Montilla, Jaime de Marichalar, and Marvin Hart. After him are Mountstuart Elphinstone, Aloys Van de Vyvere, Dmytro Yarosh, Rita Sargsyan, John Prescott, and Amina Bouayach.

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Among people born in 1785, Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge ranks 58. Before him are Manuel Basilio Bustamante, Arvid August Afzelius, Per Georg Scheutz, David Wilkie, Thomas Love Peacock, and Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann. After him are John Oxley, Gabriel Moore, and Alexander Porter. Among people deceased in 1856, Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge ranks 53. Before him are Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet, Michel Félix Dunal, John M. Clayton, Frederick William Beechey, Joseph Meyer, and William Yarrell. After him are Thomas Doughty, John M. Berrien, John Eaton, and George Don.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge ranks 4,678 out of 8,785. Before him are Miriam Rothschild (1908), Kate Barry (1967), Amira Casar (1971), Ray Wilkins (1956), Ed Stafford (1975), and Dev Patel (1990). After him are Luke Young (1979), Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779), Stanley Holloway (1890), John Prescott (1938), Joe Fry (1915), and Amos Burn (1848).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge ranks 570. Before him are Charles Rosher (1885), John Hunter (1737), Amina J. Mohammed (1961), Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1858), Patrick McLoughlin (1957), and Leander Starr Jameson (1853). After him are Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779), John Prescott (1938), Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1393), Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768), Dru Drury (1725), and Owain Gwynedd (1100).

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