John Charles Harding, 2nd Baron Harding of Petherton

John Charles Harding, 2nd Baron Harding of Petherton (born 12 February 1928), is a retired British Army officer.

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 CB DSO (whom he married in 1966), he has two sons and one daughter. Harriet died on 4 December 2012. His daughter Dido Harding is married to Conservative MP John Penrose.

References

Harding of Petherton. Burke's Peerage

External links

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

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Allan Francis John Harding	Baron Harding of Petherton 1989–present	Incumbent Heir apparent: Hon. William Harding

Hereditary Barons of the United Kingdom*

House of Hanover (1801–1901)

House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1901–1917)

House of Windsor (1917–1965)

*Current substantive hereditary barons, listed by precedence, from highest to lowest ** ranks much higher as Master of the Horse *** Lords Grimston, Renwick, St Helens & Margadale cede precedence to the earlier-created life peer Lord Chalfont

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