Geoffrey Hardy-Roberts was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, before commissioning into the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers in 1926.
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Geoffrey Hardy-Roberts initially served in India and was promoted to lieutenant in 1929.
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Geoffrey Hardy-Roberts retired from the army with the rank of captain in 1937.
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Geoffrey Hardy-Roberts sat as a Municipal Reform Party councillor representing Lewisham West and held the seat until elections were resumed after the Second World War in 1946.
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Geoffrey Hardy-Roberts was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1941 and that same year was invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Geoffrey Hardy-Roberts saw active service in the Western Desert Campaign and the Italian Campaign, before working as Chief of Staff to General Sir Miles Dempsey between 1943 and 1945.
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Geoffrey Hardy-Roberts made an Officer of the Legion of Merit by the United States government.
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Geoffrey Hardy-Roberts resigned his commission from the Regular Reserve of Army Officers in 1958 and was granted the rank of brigadier.
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From 1967 to his death in 1997, Geoffrey Hardy-Roberts was an Extra Equerry to the Queen.
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Geoffrey Hardy-Roberts was created a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1972.