Gathorne Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, British Conservative politician 1st Baron a 19th-century copy from Speed's

a 19th-century copy from Speed's Map of England

11th August 1958

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Gathorne Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, British Conservative politician 1st Baron a 19th-century copy from Speed'sGathorne Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, British Conservative politician, c1890. Hardy (1814 1906) first entered Parliament as a Conservative member for Leominster in 1856. In 1865 he enjoyed the distinction of defeating William Gladstone in winning the parliamentary seat of Oxford. He served in various ministerial posts in Conservative governments between 1866 and his retirement from public life in 1892, at which time he was made an Earl. A lithograph