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Mar 30, 1785 Wrotham, England, United Kingdom Died on 24 Sep 1856 (aged 71)
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About Henry Hardinge 1st Viscount Hardinge
- Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, (30 March 1785 – 24 September 1856) was a British Army officer and politician.
- After serving in the Peninsula 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.
