John Charles Harding, 2nd Baron Harding of Petherton (12 February 1928 – 6 June 2016), was a

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officer and

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. Harding was educated at

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and

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(MA). He was commissioned into the

and served with the

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, reaching the rank of

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. He succeeded his father

John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton Field marshal (United Kingdom), Field Marshal Allan Francis Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, (10 February 1896 – 20 January 1989), known as John Harding, was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the First World War and the ...

to the title of

Baron Harding of Petherton Baron Harding of Petherton, of Nether Compton in the County of Dorset, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1958 for Field Marshal Sir John Harding. He served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1952 to 1 ...

in 1989. By his wife, Harriet Hare (daughter of

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Francis Hare), whom he married in 1966, he had two sons and one daughter. She died on 4 December 2012. Their daughter, Dido Harding, Baroness Harding of Winscombe, is married to Conservative MP

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. Harding died in June 2016 at the age of 88.

Arms

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* 1928 births 2016 deaths People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford 2 11th Hussars officers John Harding family {{UK-baron-stub

Harding of Petherton Baron Harding of Petherton, of Nether Compton in the County of Dorset, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1958 for Field Marshal Sir John Harding. He served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1952 to 195 ...