Hardinge of Lahore, Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount (1785–1856)

British general. He became governor general of India 1844 during a campaign against the Sikhs. After the Peace of Lahore, he succeeded Wellington as commander-in-chief 1852, and was made a field marshal 1855.

Hardinge was born at Wrotham, Kent. He was in active service in the Peninsular War and was connected with the Portuguese army 1809–13. Wellington then appointed him commissioner at the Prussian headquarters, but he was wounded at Ligny, and unable to fight at the Battle of Waterloo. He served as secretary for war in 1828 and secretary for Ireland in 1830.