Sir James Gilbert Hardy AO OBE (20 November 1932 – 14 June 2023) was an Australian winemaker and businessman who was also noted for his yachting achievements.
[2] Hardy was educated at Brighton Primary School, St Peter's College and the South Australian Institute of Technology.
On leaving school, he spent two years share farming at Port Vincent, South Australia, then joined the family wine company Thomas Hardy and Sons in 1953, working as a shipping clerk.
He then served as Sales Supervisor from 1957 to 1961, then as Regional Director for the Eastern States of Australia, when he and his family moved permanently to Sydney with a residence at Manly.
1046, on the register of the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory is named after Hardy in his honour.
[13] Hardy was Chairman of Sydney's Australia Day Regatta, serving from 2004 until 2011, and was a patron of numerous organizations and charities.