Captain Temple Hardy was an English naval officer active during the French Revolutionary Wars.
11 Facts About Temple Hardy
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Temple Hardy commanded a battalion of sailors during the invasion of the Cape Colony in 1795.
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Temple Hardy was possibly named after his maternal grandfather, the historian Temple Stanyan.
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Temple Hardy commanded a battalion of sailors from the fleet at the Battle of Muizenberg, with Echo being commanded by a lieutenant from Monarch.
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Temple Hardy was mentioned in both the Army and Navy despatches:.
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Temple Hardy married Elizabeth Lucy Warre on 9 December 1800, in the parish of Westminster St James.
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Temple Hardy commanded the Euryalus for parts of 1806, in an acting capacity.
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Temple Hardy remained in command when the Resolution was put in ordinary at Portsmouth in 1811.
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Temple Hardy was given command of Swiftsure on 20 August 1811, but in May 1812, in the Mediterranean, he was taken ill.
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Temple Hardy died on 29 March 1814, at Exeter, Temple Hardy was buried at Exeter Cathedral, and a monument to him was erected in the cathedral's South Transept.
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Temple Hardy's will was proven in London on 9 June 1814.