John Charles Harding, 2nd Baron Harding of Petherton

John Charles Harding, 2nd Baron Harding of Petherton (12 February 1928 – 6 June 2016) was a British Army officer and hereditary peer.

Harding was educated at Marlborough College and Worcester College, Oxford (MA). He was commissioned into the British Army and served with the 11th Hussars, reaching the rank of major. He succeeded his father John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton to the title of Baron Harding of Petherton in 1989.

By his wife, Harriet, daughter of Major General Francis Hare (whom he married in 1966), he has two sons and one daughter. Harriet died on 4 December 2012. His daughter, Dido Harding, Baroness Harding of Winscombe, is married to Conservative MP John Penrose. Harding died in June 2016 at the age of 88.[1]

Arms
Coat of arms of John Charles Harding, 2nd Baron Harding of Petherton
Crest
Out of a mural crown Gules a cubit arm in armour the hand gauntleted grasping a field marshal's baton in bend sinister Proper.
Escutcheon
Argent on a bend Azure between two lions passant guardant Gules as many kukris in saltire Proper between two martlets Or.
Supporters
Dexter a private of the 1st Life Guards of early nineteenth century; sinister a Somerset Light Infantryman of the late eighteenth century; both habited and accoutred Proper.
Motto
Vigilant & Resolute [2]

References
  1. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/204458/harding
  2. Debrett's Peerage. 1973.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Allan Francis John Harding		 Baron Harding of Petherton
1989–2016		 Succeeded by
William Harding
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