Alexander Hardinge, 2nd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
Private Secretary to the British King (1894-1960) · United Kingdom · On the map · Died at 66
Major Alexander Henry Louis Hardinge, 2nd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, was Private Secretary to the Sovereign during the Abdication Crisis of Edward VIII and during most of the Second World War.
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1960Died29 May 19601943Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the BathAward1937Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian OrderAward1918Military CrossAward1894Born17 May 1894
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Lived 1894 to 1960 · aged 66