Arthur Hardinge (British Army officer)
British Army general (1828-1892)
General Sir Arthur Edward Hardinge (2 March 1828 – 15 July 1892) was Governor of Gibraltar.
Military career
Born the second son of Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge and educated at Eton College, Hardinge was commissioned into the 41st Regiment of Foot in 1844. He was quickly appointed Aide-de-Camp to his father, then serving as Governor-General of India. In 1849 he transferred to the Coldstream Guards. He went to the Crimea as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General in 1854 and was present at the Battle of Alma, Battle of Balaclava, Battle of Inkerman and Siege of Sevastopol. He became Assistant Quartermaster-General at Shorncliffe in 1856 and became Equerry to Prince Albert in 1858 and, following Albert's death, he became Equerry to Queen Victoria.
In 1881 he was appointed Commander of the Bombay Army and colonel of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers until 1886, when he was transferred to be Governor of Gibraltar and colonel of the 1st Battalion of the King's Royal Rifle Corps. He was promoted full general on 1 April 1883. On his return to England in 1890, he transferred to be colonel of the 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards until his death. He was made Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1886.
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