Laurence Hardy, PC (14 April 1854 – 21 January 1933) was a Conservative Party British politician. He was a member of parliament (MP) for Ashford from 1892 to 1918.

Biography

Hardy was the fourth son of Sir John Hardy, 1st Baronet, of

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, and was educated at Eton and

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, where he took

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in history. He was elected to the

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in 1892, representing Ashford as a Conservative. He was Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means from 1905 to 1906, and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1911. From 1917 to 1920, he was a member of the Defence of the Realm Losses Commission. He was an

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from 1918 and Seneschal of

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from 1930.

Family

Hardy married Evelyn Wood, daughter of J. G. Wood of Thedden Grange, Alton, in 1886; she died in 1911. They had two sons and a daughter.

References

1854 births 1933 deaths Hardy family People educated at Eton College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1850s-stub