Viscount Hardinge, of

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and of

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in the County of Derby, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1846 for the soldier and

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politician Sir Henry Hardinge. His son, the second Viscount, represented

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in Parliament. His great-great-grandson, the sixth Viscount, succeeded a distant relative as eighth Baronet, of Belle Isle in the County of Fermanagh, in 1986. This title had been created in the

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1801 for Richard Hardinge. He was the third son of Nicolas Hardinge, younger brother of Reverend Henry Hardinge and uncle of the latter's third son

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. The baronetcy was created with special remainder to the heirs male of Richard Hardinge's father. Another member of the Hardinge family was the diplomat

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. He was the second son of the second Viscount Hardinge. George Nicholas Hardinge was an officer of the

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, second son of Reverend Henry Hardinge and elder brother of the first Viscount. The family seat is Broadmere House, near

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Viscounts Hardinge (1846)

(1785–1856) * Charles Hardinge, 2nd Viscount Hardinge (1822–1894) *Henry Charles Hardinge, 3rd Viscount Hardinge (1857–1924) *Caryl Nicholas Charles Hardinge, 4th Viscount Hardinge (1905–1979) *Henry Nicholas Paul Hardinge, 5th Viscount Hardinge (1929–1984) *Charles Henry Nicholas Hardinge, 6th Viscount Hardinge, 8th Baronet (1956–2004) *Andrew Hartland Hardinge, 7th Viscount Hardinge, 9th Baronet (1960–2014) *Thomas Henry de Montarville Hardinge, 8th Viscount Hardinge, 10th Baronet (born 1993) The

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is the present holder's brother Hon. Jamie Alexander David Hardinge (born 1996).

Hardinge Baronets, of Belle Isle (1801)

*Sir Richard Hardinge, 1st Baronet (1756–1826) *Sir Charles Hardinge, 2nd Baronet (1780–1864) *Sir Henry Charles Hardinge, 3rd Baronet (1830–1873) * Sir Edmund Stracey Hardinge, 4th Baronet (1833–1924) *Sir Charles Edmund Hardinge, 5th Baronet (1878–1968) *Sir Robert Hardinge, 6th Baronet (1887–1973) *Sir Robert Arnold Hardinge, 7th Baronet (1914–1986) *Sir Charles Henry Nicholas Hardinge, 8th Baronet (1956–2004) (had already succeeded as Viscount Hardinge in 1984) ''for further succession, see above''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hardinge Viscountcies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom People from King's Newton Noble titles created in 1846 Peerages created for UK MPs

Viscounts Hardinge (1846)

Hardinge Baronets, of Belle Isle (1801)

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