¹ Alexander Henry Louis Hardinge (1900–60).

² The Hardinge—Peel letters are at the British Library, and excerpts from them appeared in Parker, iii. Hardinge's correspondence with Ellenborough and Sir James Weir Hogg (1790–1876) is at the PRO and IOL, respectively.

³ Ellenborough informed Queen Victoria on 16 Feb. 1844, that, if necessary, he could cross the Sutlej by December. Encouraged by the chaotic conditions inside Panjab, he wrote to Wellington on May 9 that he would be militarily prepared to launch an invasion by the year's end and declared: ‘Everything is going on there as we could desire, if we looked forward to the ultimate possession of the Punjab’ (Colchester, pp. 115, 437).

⁴ Even Ellenborough was pleased with Hardinge's selection. Ellenborough's first wife, Octavia Stewart, and Hardinge's wife, Emily Jane, were sisters. Ellenborough was convinced Hardinge would follow in his footsteps and told all important Indian princely courts ‘that my successor, my relation and best friend, would act upon the same principles of policy and carry out all my views’ (Ellenborough to Peel, 19 June, 1844, in Parker, , iii, 258Google Scholar). The Queen confirmed Ellenborough's feelings by recording that he ‘is delighted at the appointment of Sir Henry Hardinge which will show that the same policy is to be continued’ (Q.V.J., 10 Sept. 1844, p. 56).

⁵ Hardinge to Ellenborough, 6 May 1842, Ellenborough Papers, 30/12/21/7.

⁶ The future 2nd Viscount Hardinge of Lahore (1822–94).

⁷ Arthur Edward Hardinge (1828–92), afterwards K.C.B. and general.

⁸ He had purchased South Park in the 1820s. For more on Penshurst, see Church, Richard, Kent's Contribution (Bath, 1972), pp. 100–2, 120–4Google Scholar; and Bignell, Alan, Kent Villages (1975), p. 136.Google Scholar

⁹ Peel, to Ripon, , 2 05 1844Google Scholar, Ripon Papers, Add. MS 40868.

¹⁰ Ripon, to Hardinge, , 4 05 1844Google Scholar, Ripon Papers, Add. MS 40868.

¹¹ Q.V.J., 30 Sept. 1852, p. 1. That he did not receive the best medical attention is confirmed by his son: ‘The operation was not skilfully performed as the ligatures subsequently gave way, and he suffered much from loss of blood’ (Viscount Hardinge, p. 25).Google Scholar

¹² John James, son of Sir Walter James James, 1st Bart., married Emily Jane in 1814 and died in 1818. He served as minister to Holland.

¹³ She was the sixth daughter of Londonderry by his second wife, Frances. The 2nd Viscount Castlereagh was thus her half-brother.

¹⁴ Walter Charles James (1816–1893), the future 1st Baron Northbourne of Betteshanger.

¹⁵ Q.V.J., 19 May 1844, p. 160.

¹⁶ Ripon, to Shepherd, , 28 05 1844Google Scholar, Ripon Papers, Add. MS 40868.

¹⁷ Viscount Hardinse, pp. 49–50.Google Scholar

¹⁸ Peel, to Hardinge, , 6 11 1844Google Scholar, Peel Papers, Add. MS 40871.

¹⁹ Charles, to Walter, , 20 10 1844Google Scholar, Charles Hardinge Letters, i.

²⁰ Educated at Oxford, he served in the Commons from 1837 to 1847.

²¹ Sarah Caroline James (1812–90), married Walter in 1841. See note 50.

²² Hardinge, to Peel, , 12 06 1845Google Scholar, Peel Papers, Add. MS 40474.

²³ See note 167.

²⁴ Charles, to Emily, , 29 05 1845Google Scholar, Charles Hardinge Letters, iii.

²⁵ Wellington, to Ellenborough, , 9 10 1845Google Scholar, Ellenborough Papers, PRO, 30/12/21/7.

²⁶ Peel, to Hardinge, , 26 10 1845Google Scholar, Peel Papers, Add. MS 40475.

²⁷ Hardinge, to Ripon, , 3 12 1845Google Scholar, Ripon Papers, Add. MS 40874; and Hardinge to Secret Committee of the Court of Directors, 2 Dec. (no. 15) and 4 (no. 16), Secret Letters from Bengal and India, clxxviii, MS. at IOL.

²⁸ Upon the signing of the peace treaty which recognized this principle, Hardinge repeated his argument to Peel: ‘I have done this on the principle that it is our policy to prefer Hindoo governments, or any race in preference to the Mahommedans on this great entrance into India’ (19 March 1846, Peel Papers, Add. MS 40475).

²⁹ Queen, to Hardinge, , 6 04 1846Google Scholar, V.A.P.

³⁰ Peel, to Hardinge, , 22 04 1846Google Scholar, Peel Papers, Add. MS 40475.

³¹ Peel, to Hardinge, , 4 07 1846Google Scholar, Peel Papers, Add. MS 40475.

³² Hardinge, to Peel, , 3 09 1846Google Scholar, Peel Papers, Add. MS 40475.

³³ For a while, there was concern that Auckland might become the new president of the Board of Control, and Charles, obviously expressing his father's view, wrote disapprovingly: ‘[He] will be continually corresponding with his Indian friends here, which is very objectionable for many reasons’ (Charles to Walter, 13 Aug. 1846, Charles Hardinge Letters, i).

³⁴ Russell, to Hardinge, , 8 07 1846Google Scholar, Russell Correspondence, 30/22/5B.

³⁵ Hardinge to Hogg, chairman of the Court of Directors, Hogg Correspondence, 21 Sept. 1846, 342/6.

³⁶ Charles, to Sarah, , 3 11 1846Google Scholar, Charles Hardinge Letters, i.

³⁷ Charles wrote to Sarah: ‘You cannot imagine how severe the shock has been to him. Indeed, had the state of suspense in which he was for two days been prolonged, I am sure his health would have been affected.’ The nature of Emily's illness was not specified. See letter of 19 Nov. 1846, Charles Hardinge Letters, ii.

³⁸ Hardinge to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors, 4 Mar. 1846, F.P.N.W.F., p. 89. See also note 299.

³⁹ See note 306.

⁴⁰ Charles, to Walter, , 2 01 1847Google Scholar, Charles Hardinge Letters, i.

⁴¹ Charles, to Walter, , 20 01 1847Google Scholar, Charles Hardinge Letters, i.

⁴² Hardinge, to Ellenborough, , 17 01 1847Google Scholar, Ellenborough Papers, 30/12/21/7.

⁴³ Charles, to Emily, , 4 03 1847Google Scholar, Charles Hardinge Letters, i.

⁴⁴ Charles, to Walter, , 3 04 1847Google Scholar, Charles Hardinge Letters, i.

⁴⁵ Hardinge, to Hobhouse, , 5 04 1847Google Scholar, Broughton Papers, dcccliii; Hardinge to Hogg, 30 April 1847, Hogg Correspondence, 342/6.

⁴⁶ Hardinge, to Hogg, , 23 06 1847Google Scholar, Hogg Correspondence, 342/6.

⁴⁷ Hardinge, to Ripon, , 20 04 1847Google Scholar, Ripon Papers, Add. MS 40877.

⁴⁸ Hardinge, to Russell, , 20 04 1847Google Scholar, Russell Correspondence, 30/22/6C. In a letter of the same date, he bemoaned to Hogg: ‘They have again revived the bug-a-boo of Russian invasion’ (Hogg Correspondence, 342/6).

⁴⁹ Palmerston, to Russell, , 9 06 1847Google Scholar, Russell Correspondence, 30/22/6D.