Thomas Masterman Hardy
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Sir Thomas Hardy |
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 Vice-Admiral
Sir Thomas Hardy |
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| Born | 5 April 1769 Kingston Russell or Martinstown, Dorset |
| Died | 20 September 1839 Greenwich, Kent |
| Occupation | Royal Navy Officer |
- This article is about the naval officer. For other people with the same name, please see Thomas Hardy (disambiguation).
Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, 1st Baronet (5 April 1769 – 20 September 1839), was a British naval officer. He served as Flag Captain to Admiral Lord Nelson, and commanded HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. Nelson was shot as he paced the decks with Hardy and as he lay dying, Nelson's famous remark of "Kiss me Hardy" was directed at him (although these were not Nelson's last words, as is sometimes claimed).
During the War of 1812, Hardy led the fleet that escorted and transported the army commanded by John Coape Sherbrooke that captured significant portions of eastern coastal Maine (then part of Massachusetts), including Eastport, Machias, Bangor, and Castine.[1] Hardy would later serve as First Sea Lord and Governor of Greenwich Hospital.
Hardy was born to Joseph and Nanny Hardy in 1769 in Dorset, either at Kingston Russell House in the parish of Long Bredy, 3 miles west of their home in Portesham, or at Martinstown, 2 miles east where he grew up. There is a monument to him (the Hardy Monument) within walking distance of his home at Portesham House in the village. Hardy Bay and the District of Port Hardy, on Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and Hardy Island on the Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada are named after him. Hardy was created a Baronet, of the Navy, in 1806. He died in September 1839, aged 70. The title became extinct on his death.
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| Preceded by Sir George Cockburn |
First Sea Lord 1830–1834 |
Succeeded by George Dundas |
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| Preceded by New creation |
Baronet (of the Navy) |
Succeeded by Extinct |
[edit] Further reading
- The Trafalgar Captains, Colin White and the 1805 Club, Chatham Publishing, London, 2005, ISBN 1-86176-247-X
[edit] References
- ^ Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums (1970). in Doris A. Isaacson: Maine: A Guide 'Down East'. Rockland, Me: Courier-Gazette, Inc., 336.
[edit] External links
- A page on Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy from dukesofbuckingham.org, a copyleft site developed by Andy Boddington
- Animation of the Battle of Trafalgar
- Research article on birth place of Thomas Hardy
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