Charles Hardinge, 2nd Viscount Hardinge

Hardinge was elected Member of Parliament for Downpatrick in 1851, a seat he held until 1856, when he succeeded his father in the viscountcy and entered the House of Lords.

He was aged 21, when he went to India as private secretary to his father, the then, governor general, from July 1844 to January 1848.

[1] He was appointed major of the Kent Militia Artillery when it was formed in 1853, and the unit was embodied for home defence during the Crimean War.

[2] Lord Hardinge married Lady Lavinia, daughter of George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, in 1856.

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