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SIR HENRY HARDINGE, G.C.B.
To THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD.
Sir—The late brilliant achievements in India having
caused, in the public mind, an extraordinary interest in
whatever relates to the gallant Governor-General of the
British possessions In that portion of the globe, I beg to
hand you, for the gratification of your readers, the ac-
companying memoir of the military. services of Sir H.
Harding° in the late French war, written by his friend
and companion in arms, the late Lieutenant-General
Sir Benjamin D'Urban, from whom I received it at the
time of the general election in the year 1820.
Sir Henry Hardinge, I may observe, was elected, at
the time of which I have spoken, one of the Members
for Durham, which city, he continued to represent, with
some little interruption, arising from his acceptance of
office as Clerk of the Ordnance and Secretary-at-War,
until the dissolution of Parliament consequent on the
death of George lir., in 1830, a period of upwards of
ten years, during the whole of which he enjoyed the
respect and esteem of the inhabitants, while he was
almost idolised by that portion of the freemen who
supported him with their suffrages.
I am, Sir,
FRANCIS HUMBLE.
Advertiser Office, Durham, April 4.
your most obedient servant,
S

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.eery Hardinge (the near relative and intimate
,riend of the gallant Lord Stewart•) is the second hero
whom the present generation of his house have devoted
to the service of their country. His brother, Cap-
tain Hardinge, of the royal navy, after a brilliant pro.
fessional career, in which deeds of skilful intrepidity
• Fwon his successive promotions, at length commanded
the San Fiorenzo in the Indian Seas, and fell in the mo-
mment of victory, at the close of a three days' action (ye-
newed by him each day) with La Piedmontaise, an
it enemy's ship of far superior force, which was then cap-
-23 tured.
134 He died in his 27th year, but full of glory; and by a
43 vote of Parliament, a monument in St. Paul's Cathedral
records his achievements, and the approbation of his
country.
Sir Henry Hardinge entered the army young, and
joined his regiment in Canada before he had attained the
age of 15. He returned to England at the Peace of
Amiens, obtained the rank of captain in the 57th regi-
ment in 1804, and having become a student at the Royal
Military College, under the late General Parry, pro-
secuted his studies there with all possible diligence
and success ; and having accordingly made great
proficiency in the more scientific branches of his
profession, was selected to fill an appointment upon the
Quartermaster-General's staff of the expedition which
proceeded to the coast of Spain in 1807, under Sir
Brent Spencer. In 1808, when Portugal rose to throw
off the French yoke, Sir Brent Spencer's corps was united
to that which had sailed from Ireland under Sir Arthur
Wellesley (now Duke of Wellington), and Sir Henry
Hardinge was actively employed in the successful cam-
paign which expelled the army of General Junot, and
was present in the battles of Roleia and Vimeira; in
the latter of these he was severely wounded. Notwith-
standing which, in the close of the same year, having
been pitched upon to carry important dispatches from
Government to General Sir John Moore, he performed
the journey with singular rapidity, through many diffi-
culties, and delivered his charge to the general in the
neighbourhood of Beeevente.
Sir John Moore, it is well known, remained himself
with the rear guard of his army through the whole of
his arduous retreat to Corunna which ensued ; and
having attached Sir Henry Hardinge to his person, he
accompanied him in all those severe affairs which every
day took place with the enemy's advanced guards ; and,
finally, was the only officer near that great and lamented
general, when, at the battle of Corunna, in January,
1809, he received his death wound, and fell in the arms
of victory.
Sir Henry had just returned from ordering a move-
ment of the troops which the general bad dispatched
him to effect, and was in the act of reporting its execu-
tion to him, when he was struck by the fatal ball. He
supported the dying hero at this trying moment ; and
by the desire of his afflicted family wrote, for their in-
formation, the clear and pathetic account of th,at
solemn and impressive scene, which is annexed to Mr.
Moore's narrative of the general's last campaign and
death
Returning to England with the army, he received the
rank of major ; and in the month of March, in the same
year, went to Portugal with Marshal Beresford, who had
been intrusted with the organisation of the Portuguese
army, to aid in the momentous struggle then about to
ensue, and from which may be dated the delivery of
Europe from the despotism of Bonaparte.
The Marshal appointed him lieutenant-colonel in, and
deputy quartermaster-general of, the army; and he im-
mediately became, and was through the whole war, one
of the main instruments of the discipline and good order
which was so effectually established in it, and of the
brilliant and continued triumphs with which that dis-
cipline was crowned.
In this capacity he served with the right of the allied
army under the Marshal at the passage of the Upper
Douro, in face of and driving back the corps of General
Loison, and in the subsequent operations against the
enemy during the pursuit of him into the borders of Ga-
licia. For his conduct upon this occasion he was men-
tioned in the Marshal's dispatches, and thanked in his
general orders issued at Giuza, 20th May, 1809.
He then accompanied the Marshal in his command of
the army of observation in Castile, during the Duke
of Wellington's advance into Spain, and the battle of
Talavera, and was employed in many important dutie
of that period.
The next campaign was the famous defensive one of
1810, in which the Duke of Wellington foiled the in-
finitely superior forces of Marshal Massena. In this, the
zeal, intelligence, and activity of Sir Henry Hardinge
were very conspicuous upon many occasions, as well in
the arrangements belonging to his official duties, as in
the various affairs of the advanced posts, and other
operations before and after the retreat to the lines of
Lisbon; and especially in the battle of Busaco, after
which victory he was mentioned by Lord Beresford in
his dispatches to the Portuguese regency, and recom-
mended by the Duke of Wellington for the medal of
distinction granted upon that occasion, which he received
accordingly.
In the campaign of 1811, Lord Beresford having the
command of the separate corps of the allied army in the
Alemtejo and Spanish Estramadura, Sir Henry Hardinge
was everywhere distinguished, as well in the many affairs
which the active operations of that period produced, as
in the siege of Badajoz, which formed a part of them,
and at which he served ; but especially for his conduct
in the memorable and glorious battle of Albuera,
where, amongst many other instances of judgment and
presence of mind, he anticipated an order (which had
been dispatched by Lord Beresford, but had not yet
reached the general to whom it was sent) for an import-
ant movement at a very pressing period of the battle.
He was mentioned in high terms of praise, both in the
dispatches and general orders ; and after thei battle re.
ceived the medal of distinction granted upon this occa-
sion, and was promoted to the British rank of Lieut..
Colonel.
The eventful campaign of 1812 commenced with the
siege and capture of the fortresses of Ciudad Rodrigo
and Badajoz. Sir Henry Hardinge served at them
both, and at the latter was particularly distinguished in
the storm of the strong out-work La Picarina, where,
it is not too much to say, the success of that important
enterprise was mainly owing to his judgment and in-
trepid example.
He was mentioned in very strong terms in the report
of General Sir James Kempt, who commanded the as-
sault of the fort, and by the Duke of Wellington in his
dispatches, and he received the medal of distinction
granted on that occasion.

After the capture of Badajoz,_ the army advanced
into Castile, besieged and destroyed the enemy's fortified
establishments upon the Tormes, and thence proceeded
to those operations against Marshal Marmont, which
brought on the memorable battle of galamanca, and all
its important results.
In these operations, the Quartermaster-General of
the Portuguese army being absent in the command of
a corps
duties Sir Henry Hardinge performed the
accustomed ability and dis-
tinction, especially at the affair of Castrejou on the 18th,
and in the battle
o fo f
that cavalry,
port
with his
of Salem Inca on the 22d of July, for
which ' he received the medal of distinction.
During the winter of this year he received the mili-
tary order of the Tower and Sword for his distinguished
the war.
decisive c •
conduct, and the services be had rendered throughout
In the brilliant and . campaign of 1813, in
exemplary exertions,
which the Duke of Wellington may be said to have
occasion.
cleared Spain of the French, Sir Henriyiellarrehdceienifygoeleld,owsttehidlel
el in the Portuguese
doing the duties of Quartermaster- General of the Por-
tuguese
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army, accompanied
and in Lord Beresford in
the advance to Vittoria ; and in that battle, on the 21st
ain performed
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and 30th July, and in the subsequent
though his wound was still open, causing biro great
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and subjecting him to a severe Curgic 1 great pain,
the course of these exertions. a operation during
For these battles he was again !mentioned by
Beresford in orders, and received the medal of di Lord
tion granted upon that occasion. He subse-
,luc. ntl strined-
at the siege of St. Sebastian, and the operations se ve
of pas-
sing the Bidassoa.
He was present in the battle of the Nivelle on the 10th
of
hoveNember, and those of the Nive on the 9th, 10th,
11 ,2th, and 13th December. His conduct was, as
usual, conspicuously able andd gallant, and called fo forth
the most pointed praise an eulogitzna in the Marshal's
general order of thanks of the 25th December of the
same year.
Sir Henry Hardinge was now appointed to the com-
mand of a Portuguese brigade of infantry, with which
he proceeded to distinguish himself •
in the operations of
In
the campaign of 1814. the affair upon the Adour,
and in crossing the Gaves, and especially near Pallas,
on Feb. 15, where, in conjunction with General Byng's
brigade, he won some strongly occupied heights with the
bayonet, and in
the most gallant style, from very supe-
rior numbers of the enemy, and for which he received

o Who, since the publication of this memoir, has succeeded
to the Marguisato of Londonderry,