Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
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The Right Honourable The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst KG GCB GCSI GCMG GCIE GCVO ISO PC |
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| Governor-General of India Viceroy of India |
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In office 23 November 1910 – 4 April 1916 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Minto |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Chelmsford |
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| Born | 20 June 1858 |
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2 August 1944 (aged 86) Penshurst, Kent |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Winifred Selena Sturt |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, KG, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, ISO, PC (20 June 1858 – 2 August 1944) was a British diplomat and statesman who served as Viceroy and Governor-General of India from 1910–16.
Hardinge was the second son of Charles Hardinge, 2nd Viscount Hardinge, and the grandson of Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, a former Governor-General of India. He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Hardinge entered the diplomatic services in 1880, was appointed first secretary at Tehran in 1896 and first secretary at Saint Petersburg in 1898 when he was promoted over the heads of seventeen of his seniors. After a brief stint as Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs he became Ambassador to Russia in 1904. In 1906 he was promoted to the position of Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office, and despite his own conservatism, worked closely with Liberal Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey. In 1907 he declined the post of Ambassador to the United States. In 1910 Hardinge was raised to the peerage as Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, in the County of Kent, and appointed by the Asquith government as Viceroy of India.
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