This officer entered the Royal Naval College 4 Feb. 1813, and, after carrying off the second medal, embarked, 15 May, 1815, as Midshipman, on board the Prince 98, Capt. Geo. Fowke, flag-ship at Spithead. In the course of the same and the following year he successively joined the Sparrowhawk 18, and Leviathan 74, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capts. Fred. Wm. Burgoyne and Thos. Briggs, the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth, by whom he was intrusted with the charge of a gun-boat at the bombardment of Algiers, and the Leander 60, bearing the flag of Sir David Milne on the North American station, where he appears to have had command of the Jane, a small vessel employed in carrying despatches between Halifax and Bermuda. After acting for a few months as Lieutenant of the Grasshopper 18, Mr. Yorke was confirmed in that rank by commission dated 14 Aug. 1819; and on 29 of the following Oct. he joined the Phaeton 46, Capt. Wm. Augustus Montagu; in which frigate he served, on the Halifax station, until advanced another step in his profession 18 May, 1822. His next appointment was, 8 Aug. 1823, to the command of the Alacrity 10, fitting for the Mediterranean, where, prior to the receipt of his Post-commission, which bears date 6 June, 1825, we find him very actively employed in the suppression of piracy, and in watching the movements of the Turco-Egyptian forces. While subseqaently officiating as Captain, from 20 Nov. 1828 until the summer of 1831, of the Alligator 28, on the same station, Capt. Yorke further assisted in settling the affairs of Greece. He lastly, in 1844-5, assumed the command, for short periods, of the Black Eagle steam-yacht, and St. Vincent 120; in the former of which he conveyed the Emperor of Russia from England, and was presented on the occasion with a snuff-box, bearing a highly-finished portrait of His Imperial Majesty, studded with a profusion of brilliants, valued at 1000 guineas.
The Earl of Hardwicke, who was lately a Lord-in-Waiting on the Queen, is Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of co. Cambridge. He married, 4 Oct. 1833, Susan, sixth daughter of Lord Ravensworth, and by that lady has issue three sons and four daughters.
HARDY. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Edward Hardy entered the Navy, 13 Nov. 1824; passed his examination 28 Aug. 1832; and after serving for some time as Mate, in the Mediterranean, of the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, and Aigle 24, Capt. Clarence Edw. Paget, was presented with a commission dated 16 Feb. 1843. He then, for a brief period, became Additional-Lieutenant of the Queen 110, bearing the flag on the same station of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen; whom, however, he rejoined, 23 April, 1844, on board the Formidable 84. Since 30 Dec. 1845 he has been serving in the Vernon 50, flag-ship in the East Indies of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield.
HARDY. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
Robert William Hale Hardy entered the Navy, 8 June, 1806, as Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Ganges 74, Capt. Peter Halkett, lying at Portsmouth, where he shortly afterwards joined the Royal William, flag-ship of Admiral Montagu. Between Sept. 1807 and Sept. 1813 we find him serving on the East India station, chiefly as Midshipman, in the Monmouth 64, and Russel 74, bearing each the flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. O’Brien Drury, Caroline 36, Capt. Christopher Cole, and Bucephalus 32, Capt. Barrington Reynolds. While in the Caroline he appears to have assisted at the celebrated capture of Banda Neira, in Aug. 1810, as also, in Aug. 1811, of the island of Java. He afterwards, from Jan. 1814 until his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 20 Feb. 1815, served in the Asia 74, Capt. John Wainwright, and Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Cochrane, both on the North American station, where, among other operations, he attended the expedition to New Orleans. He has not since been afloat. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
HARDY. (Lieutenant, 1821. f-p., 17; h-p., 23.)
Thomas Hardy entered the Navy, in May, 1807, as L.M., on board the Conqueror 74, Capts. Israel Pellew and Edw. Fellowes, successively employed in the Channel and in blockading the Russian Rear-Admiral Seniavin’s squadron in the Tagus. In Aug. 1808, two months after he had attained the rating of Midshipman, he removed to the Plantagenet 74, Capts. Wm. Bradly and Thos. Eyles, with whom he actively served on the Lisbon and Baltic stations until 1811; in the course of which year he joined the Stromboli, commanded in the Downs by Capts. Thos. Cuthbert Hichens and Sam. Grove, and Arethusa 38, Capt. Fras. Holmes Coffin. On his return in June, 1813, from the West Indies, where he had been serving two years, and had been twice engaged in boat-actions with the enemy’s privateers, Mr. Hardy became attached to the Kangaroo 16, Capt. Wm. Sumner Hall, and in that sloop he was continuously employed in the protection of convoys in the Baltic and Channel until Aug. 1815. The next six years were passed by this officer on the East India, Plymouth, West India, and Irish stations, as Admiralty-Midshipman, Acting-Lieutenant, and Chief Mate, in the Bacchus 16, Capts. Wm. Hill and John Pengelly Parkin, Favorite 20, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude, Spencer 74, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, Raleigh 18, Capt. Wm. Augustus Baumgardt, and Castle Coote Revenue-cruizer, Lieut.-Commander John Elwin. During a servitude of more than a year and a half in the latter vessel he contributed to the capture of two smuggling schooners; and on 20 Sept. 1820, while pursuing in the boats a Dutch lugger of 12 guns and 42 men, he had the misfortune to have his eyes severely injured by the flash from a blunderbuss fired by one of his men close to him. He received in consequence the thanks of the Commander-in-Chief at Cork, and of the Collector of Customs for Londonderry. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 19 July, 1821, he was next appointed, 18 Dec. 1824 and 18 March, 1836, to the Genoa 74, Capts. Wm. Cumberland and Walter Bathurst, and, as First, to the Cornwallis 74, Capt. Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing. He was superseded from the former ship at his own request in Oct. 1826; and he left the Cornwallis, in consequence of the impaired state of his sight from the injury above alluded to, in the Oct. following his appointment to her. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Hardy married, 31 July, 1821, Miss Eliza Phillips, of Kinsale, in Ireland.
HARE. (Lieutenant, 1810. f-p., 15; h-p., 31.)
Charles Hare is son of Capt. Rich. Hare, R.N., who commanded the Vulcan fire-vessel, with distinction, at the destruction of the French shipping at Toulon in 1793, and died in 1801 while commanding the Madras. He is brother-in-law of the late Admiral Alexander; and cousin of the present General of that name, a very gallant officer, who served as Aide-de-Camp to the late Lord Lynedoch. Mr. Hare, who has lost two brothers of his own rank in the Navy, is also cousin of Lieut. Rich. Hare, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Madras, commanded by his father, Capt. Chas. Hare, whom he attended in the ensuing expedition to Egypt. In Feb. 1803, after having served for some time in the Minotaur 74, and Amphion 32, Capts. Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, Alex. Frazer, and Thos. Masterman Hardy, he joined La Minerve, of 48 guns, Capt. Jahleel Brenton; and, on 2 July, 1803, he was on board that frigate when she took the ground under the batteries of Cherbourg, and was compelled, in spite of a desperate and sanguinary resistance, to strike her colours. Being in consequence taken prisoner, he remained in captivity until 1809, when, contriving to escape, he was received on board the
