John Charles Harding, 2nd Baron Harding of Petherton

John Charles Harding, 2nd Baron Harding of Petherton (12 February 1928 – 6 June 2016) was a British Army officer and hereditary peer.

Harding was educated at Marlborough College and Worcester College, Oxford (MA). He was commissioned into the British Army and served with the 11th Hussars, reaching the rank of major. He succeeded his father John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton to the title of Baron Harding of Petherton in 1989.

By his wife, Harriet, daughter of Major General Francis Hare (whom he married in 1966), he had two sons and one daughter. Harriet died on 4 December 2012. His daughter, Dido Harding, Baroness Harding of Winscombe, is married to Conservative MP John Penrose. Harding died in June 2016 at the age of 88.^[1]

Arms[]

Coat of arms of John Charles Harding, 2nd Baron Harding of Petherton

Crest Out of a mural crown Gules a cubit arm in armour the hand gauntleted grasping a field marshal's baton in bend sinister Proper. Escutcheon Argent on a bend Azure between two lions passant guardant Gules as many kukris in saltire Proper between two martlets Or. Supporters Dexter a private of the 1st Life Guards of early nineteenth century; sinister a Somerset Light Infantryman of the late eighteenth century; both habited and accoutred Proper. Motto Vigilant & Resolute [2]

References[]

• Harding of Petherton. Burke's Peerage

External links[]

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Harding of Petherton

This biographical article related to the British Army is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t

This biography of a baron in the peerage of the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t