The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-15
CHARLES HARDINAGE.
VICEROY TO INDIA

princes and the people of India, 50
many of whom have been hurt In theit
alton on the part OF English officials OF
the modern school. Moreover, Sir Z
Charles is good looking. with an air
OF distinction, both things calculated
10 impress the native mind, and then, /.
too, he has knowledge and experI-
ence of cour. life superior to that OF
any of his predecessors as vceroy, and
which Will prove invaluable 10 him at
prestige of his own Siceregal court
there.
100000 Yenr.
On the other hand, lie lacks the COM
siderable private fortune enjoyed hy
governors general, such as Lord Cur
zon Lord Lansdowne. the late Lord
and even by Lord Mimic. the latter OF
whom. though not rich. has neyerthc-
less considerable private means of his
own. The emoipments of N!cerog of
and allowances, they amount TO some
$500, 900 a year. TO which must he added
fully furnished residences, the lna,nte-
nance OF bodyguards and of immense
STATS OF servants. etc. Set, with all
that. nearly eyery viceroy has been
Obliged to supplement his official emoi:
when the iste Marquis OF Dufterln. who
WAS at no time rich. returned from In
dla on the conclusion OF his term Of
office, 1t was with altogether crippled
an almost ruined man. No Indian
viceroy that 1 can recall has ever saved
on his salary and allowances. One and
all have deemed IL a matter OF honor
in maintaining with beftting splendor
the dignity Of their high Office, and
enc Of the most .princely of them all,
the late Lord Northbrook, declined
throughout his term of office to toucl,
d penny of his allowances, insistingi
on paying everything beyond his actuali
salary out Of his own enormous for
tune.
: Sir Charles Hardinge. who is to be
raised to the. peerase before he goes
out TO India. Is the next brother OF the-
and. like him. a grandson of that nrst
Lord Hardinge who was one OF the
principal lieutcnants of the great Duke
of Wellington throughout the PENN
sular War. lost his arm at the battle
of Ligny on the eve of Waterloo. was
afterwards secretary of state for war;
commander nschief of the Btitisht
army, and governor general OF Indiai
Indeed. it was for his services ass
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of India. and pari,
ticularly for his successful war against
the sikhs, and for his conquest of thct
Puujaub. shat he was raised to the
peerage as .iscount Hardinge, Far9'
lament voting him pension of sl5.00Ys'
a year for his own life and for that of
the present Lord Hardinge receivess
from the British treasury $4,000 al
year for the services rendered to the.
nation out IN India by his grand1f
father.
Sir Charles. like Lord Hardinge, Isl
sprung from a family which was alS
ready nourishing in Derbyshire in thss
reign of King Henry VII. and they
chief of which is Sir Edmund HardinSeS
holder of baronetcy of the United
Kingdom and one of the best known
of whose ancestors was the Sir ROBBERY
| Hardinge who fought so CALAMITY for
| Charles T. Sir Charles is married toS
the Hon. Winifred Sturt, daughter OF
the first Lord Arlington. who was popll
ulary known by the nickname Of,
Bunny" Lady Hardinge has not in
| herited. his peculiar rabbitlike fea-
| lures, but is very charming and
| pretty woman. also wonderfully gifted,
| being probably the finest amateur vio-
| llnist in England. She owns 1000
guinea Stradivarius. Her musical tai
thigh favor IN which she has been held
| ever since her childhood by Queen
1 Alexandra. who Is passionately fond
| of music. and who, though she does not
4 play the violin herself, prefers it to.
all other instruments. Ever since Lady
| Hardinges marriage she has been a
| lady in waiting to Queen Alexandra,
4 of whose daughters she has beer from
grlhood probably their most intimate
| friend She has two boys, the eldest
| now U! Shteen. and a girl. lust ten, who
| seioices in the odd Christian name OF
| (copyright, 1910, by the brentwood Coz