HARDING, JAMES; b. Woodstock, Oxfordshire 31 Mar 1838; adm. 3 Oct 1850 (G); Cornet, 17th Lancers 3 Oct 1857; Lieut., 24 Dec 1858; retd. 24 Jun 1862; m. 4 Nov 1862 Henrietta Letitia, second dau. of Maj. Frederick Griffiths, Royal Artillery, Putney, Surrey; d. 20 Nov 1871.

Harding, Charles Alvar, son of Charles Copeley Harding, solicitor, and Louise Alvar Victoria, d. of Albert Ernst Beckman of Stockholm; b. 17 Nov. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (H); left July 1930; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. 1934; Roy. Fusiliers 1941 (Lieut.); his obituary notes 'Harding has the distinction of being dubbed "the ultimate spare man"; d. 2001.

Harding, Brian, son of Herbert William Harding, Senior Clerk, India Audit Office; b. Feb. 4, 1889; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (H); left July 1906; d. Sept. 3, 1958.

Harding, Aubrey Milward, son of Milward and Beatrice Harding, of St. Marylebone; b. April 30, 1889; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (A); migrated up Rigaud's; left Easter 1908; Magd. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1908; B.A.; served in the R. N. A. S. during Great War I; temp. Flight Sub-Lieut. Jan. 19, 1916; Flight-Lieut. Oct. 1, 1917; m. Feb. 14, 1913, Phyllis Marjorie, daughter of Frank Montague-Smith, of Regent's Park, London; d. 6 Aug. 1972.

Hardie, Frank Martin, son of Martin Hardie CBE, Keeper of Prints and Drawings V & A Museum, and Madeline, d. of Adm. John Robert Ebenezer Pattisson RN; b. 14 June 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (A); left July 1929; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1929, Pres. of the Union Hilary term 1933, BA 1932 (1st class hons Mod. History), DPhil MA 1937; LSE 193 7-9; Foreign Office in WW2; John Lewis Partnership 1945-52; contested (Lab) Epsom 1950 and 1951; Steel Co. of Wales 1953-6; Brit. Iron & Steel Fedn 1957-64; author of The Political Influence of Queen Victoria 1935, The Abyssinian Crisis 1974; m. 5 Mar. 1957 Gertrude, d. of David Alman of Hampstead; d. 26 Jan. 1989.

Hardie, Cecil Claud Alexander, son of Alexander Robertson Hardie, of Putney, by Florence, daughter of Roger Bocking Hammerton, of King's Lynn, Norfolk; b. April 28, 1883; adm. April 23, 1896 (A); left Dec. 1900; Univ. Coll. London; a pupil at Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson's 1903-6; engineer, Dick, Kerr and Co., Ltd., 1907-14, English Electric Co., Ltd., 1919; general manager of Messrs. Crompton Parkinson & Co's Chelmsford works; temp. Lieut. R.E. Nov. 3, 1914; Capt. 122nd Field Co., 36th (Ulster) Div.; Major July 14, 1915; acting Lieut.-Col. July 15, 1918; served on the western front Oct. 1915 - Nov. 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 4 and Dec. 14, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1918; m. March 1919 Gladys Mary, daughter of Arthur Renier; d. Feb. 13, 1957.

HARDEPENYE, JOHN; b. ; adm. ; KS 1540 (PRO, Exc. Aug. Office, Misc. Books, 24).

HARDEPENYE, EDWARD; b. ; adm. ; KS 1540 (PRO, Exc. Aug. Office, Misc. Books, 24).

Harden, Donald Benjamin, son of Rt Rev. John Mason Harden, Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry, and Constance Caroline, d. of William Sparrow of Clonmel, co. Tipperary; b. 8 July 1901; adm. Sept. 1914 (H), non-res. KS Sept. 1916; left July 1920; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1920, sen. schol. 1922, BA 1923 (1st class hons Classical Trip. Pt 2), MA 1932; sen. asst Human­ity Dept. Univ. of Aberdeen 1924-6; Commonwealth Fund Fellow Michigan Univ. 1926-8, PhD; Michigan Univ. expedition to Egypt 1928-9; asst Keeper Dept. of Antiquities Ashmolean Museum 1929-45, Keeper 1945-56; FSA 1944, Vice-Pres. 1949-53 and 1964-7; Pres. Council for Brit. Archaeology 1950-4; Leverhulme Fellowship for res. on ancient glass 1953; Dir. Lon­don Museum 1956-70; Roy. Commn on Historic Monuments (England) 1963-71; OBE 1956, CBE 1969; Gold Medal Soc. of Antiquaries 1977; hon. FBA 1987; author of Roman Glass from Karanis 1936, The Phoenicians 1962, rev. 1971 and 1980; m. 1st 6 July 1934 Cecil Ursula, d. of Rev. James Adolphus Harriss, Vicar of St Andrew, Oxford; 2nd 31 Mar. 1965 Dorothy May, d. of Daniel Herbert McDonald, chartered accountant, of Melbourne, Australia; d. 13 Apr. 1994.

HARCOURT-VERNON, GRANVILLE, seventh son of Hon. Edward Harcourt (qv); b. 26 Jul 1792; adm. Bartholomewtide 1804; KS (Capt. ) 1805; Capt. of the School 1809; spoke the Prologue to the Phormio in 1809, when the new scenes given by William Carey (qv) were first used; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1810, matr. 8 Jun 1810, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics and 1st cl. Mathematics 1813; BA 1814; MA 1816; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Dec 1811, called to bar 12 May 1817; Chancellor, Diocese of York 1818-68; MP Aldborough 4 May 1815-20, East Retford 1831-47; assumed surname of Harcourt-Vernon in lieu of Venables-Vernon; of Grove Park, Notts.; m. 1st, 22 Feb 1814 Frances Julia, dau. of Anthony Hardolph Eyre MP, Grove Park, Notts.; m. 2nd, 22 Nov 1845 Hon. Pyne Jesse Brand, widow of John Henry Cotterell, and dau. of Henry Otway Brand, 22nd Baron Dacre CB, Lieut. -Gen. in Army, Col. 31st Foot; d. 8 Dec 1879.