# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-harding-1st-baron-harding-of-petherton
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:33:27.458Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-harding-1st-baron-harding-of-petherton"
name: "John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton"
slug: "john-harding-1st-baron-harding-of-petherton"
description: "Field Marshal Allan Francis Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton,, known as John Harding, was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the First World War and the Second World War, served in the Malayan Emergency, and later advised the British government on the response to the Mau Mau Uprising. He also served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), the professional head of the British Army, and was Governor of Cyprus from 1955 to 1957 during the Cyprus Emergency. His administration of Cyprus was controversial for its authoritarian treatment of suspected insurgents and civilians."
tagline: "British Army officer (1896-1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jharding.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1896-02-10"
deathDate: "1989-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.111436950146628
  historical:           13.78330133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "John Harding"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump