George Harding (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General Sir George Judd Harding KCB (1788 – 5 July 1860) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

Sir George Harding
Born1788
Solihull, Warwickshire, England
Died5 July 1860
Guernsey, United Kingdom
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankLieutenant General
Battles/warsNapoleonic Wars
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Military career

Harding was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1802.[1] He took part in the Napoleonic Wars, being deployed first to Messina in 1807, and then to Gibraltar, where in 1810 he worked with Sir Charles Holloway on the demolition of two Spanish forts and the rest of the Spanish Lines of Contravallation of Gibraltar.[2] He was the Chief Engineer on Gibraltar in about 1831.[3]

He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 1856[4] and was also Colonel Commandant of the Corps of Royal Engineers.[5]

In 1860 he was appointed to the Order of the Bath.[6] He died later that year.[4]

Legacy

On Gibraltar, he worked on a number of fortifications. There is a refurbished gun battery which is called Harding's Battery. At one point the southern tip of Gibraltar was known as Harding's Point.[7]

References
  1. "No. 15521". The London Gazette. 8 October 1802. p. 1073.
  2. History of the Royal Sappers and Miners
  3. Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command. Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. 1834. p. 29.
  4. World Statesmen
  5. "No. 22269". The London Gazette. 31 May 1859. p. 2147.
  6. Edinburgh Gazette, accessed June 2013
  7. "Europa Point". Government of Gibraltar - Tourist Board. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
Government offices
Preceded by
Sir William Knollys		 Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
1856–1859		 Succeeded by
Marcus Slade
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