Sir John Hardy, 1st Baronet

Sir John Hardy, 1st Baronet (23 February 1809 – 9 July 1888), was a British Conservative Member of Parliament.

Hardy was the son of John Hardy and Isabele Gathorne. Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, was his younger brother. Hardy was elected to the House of Commons for Midhurst in March 1859, but held the seat for less than two months. The following year he was returned for Dartmouth, a constituency he represented until 1868, and then sat for Warwickshire South from 1868 to 1874. In 1876 he was created a Baronet, of Dunstall Hall in the County of Stafford. In 1878 he was appointed High Sheriff of Staffordshire.

Hardy died in July 1888, aged 79.

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir John Hardy

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Samuel Warren	Member of Parliament for Midhurst March 1859 – April 1859	Succeeded by William Townley Mitford
Preceded by John Dunn	Member of Parliament for Dartmouth 1860 – 1868	Constituency abolished
Preceded by Sir Charles Mordaunt Henry Christopher Wise	Member of Parliament for Warwickshire South 1868 – 1874 With: Henry Christopher Wise	Succeeded by Earl of Yarmouth Sir John Eardley-Wilmot
Honorary titles
Preceded by Henry Hodgetts-Foley	High Sheriff of Staffordshire 1878	Succeeded by Augustus East Manley
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Dunstall Hall) 1876 – 1888	Succeeded by Reginald Hardy