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.
HARDING, ---; b.; in school list 1797.
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.
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, 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, EDWARD, son of Henry Harding, Dorset; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1661.
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, JOHN COKE, son of John Harding, Argyle Street, London [presumably John Cook Harding (sic), bapt. St. Thomas, Portsmouth, Hampshire 15 Jul 1781, son of John Harding, and Ann --- (IGI)]; adm.; in school list 1795; KS (aged 14) 1796; played cricket v. Eton at Lord’s 8 Aug 1799, 31 Jul 1800; Capt. of the School 1800; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1801, adm. pens. 14 May 1801, scholar 30 Apr 1802, matr. 1804; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Jun 1805; living at Trelawne, Cornwall, in 1841 (1841 Census); m. 4 Jun 1806 (IGI) Mary, younger dau. of Sir Harry Trelawny, Bart. (qv).
HARDING, JOHN, third son of William Harding, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, Chief Clerk, Transport Office, and Mary Harrison, only dau. of John Ackland, Camberwell, Surrey; b. 7 Jan 1805; adm. 12 Jan 1818; left 1821; Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jan 1823; BA 1826; MA 1829; DD 1851; ordained deacon 1827, priest 1829 (both Ely); Curate, Wendy, Cambs. 1829; Minister of Park Chapel, Chelsea 1834; Rector of St. Andrew by the Wardrobe, with St. Anne, Blackfriars, London 12 Feb 1836-51; Hon. Secretary, Church Pastoral Aid Society; consecrated Bishop of Bombay 10 Aug 1851; resigned Apr 1868; author, Texts and Thoughts for Christian Ministers, 1874, and other works; m. Mary, third dau. of William Tebbs, Proctor, Court of Arches; d. 18 Jun 1874. DNB.