The Hardinge family appears here on the Man family web site as a result of a connection through marriage of Mary Bradford to George Octavious Man.  At some point in the 18th century Kenneth Callander married Harriet Bradford (Mary (Bradford) Man's great great aunt) and subsequent to that marriage there were two daughters: Emily and Caroline.  On 13 June 1816 Emily Bradford Callander married Charles Hardinge and then on 15 August 1827 her sister Caroline Johnson Callander married Charles Hardinge's younger brother Richard.  For details on the genealogy of the Harding family please click here.  In Morrice Man's notes on Mary Bradford's father (General Evelyn Bradford) he says that General Bradford was aide-de-camp to Lord Hardinge.

Some members of the Harding family have achieved public recognition and below we have listed some of these. In [  ] after each name we have described the relationship of the Hardinge listed below to the brothers Charles and Richard Harding (above).

Hardinge, Nicholas (1699-1758) [Grandfather]; Hardinge, George (1743-1816) [Uncle], judge and writer; Hardinge, George Nicholas (1781-1808) [Brother], naval officer; Hardinge, Henry, first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore (1785-1856) [Brother], army officer and governor-general of India.

Hardinge, Charles Stewart, second Viscount Hardinge of Lahore [Nephew and son of above], politician, was the eldest son of Henry Hardinge, first viscount (1785-1856), and Lady Emily Jane (1789-1865), seventh daughter of Robert Stewart, first marquess of Londonderry, and widow of John James. He was the elder brother of Sir Arthur Edward Hardinge; he was born in London on 12 September 1822. Hardinge, Arthur Edward  (1828-1892), [Nephew and brother of above] army officer, born on 2 March 1828, was the second son of Henry Hardinge, first Viscount Hardinge (1785-1856), and Lady Emily Jane (1789-1865), seventh daughter of Robert Stewart, first marquess of Londonderry, and widow of John James. Charles Stewart Hardinge, second Viscount Hardinge, was his elder brother.(1858-1944) [Great Nephew] of , diplomatist and viceroy of India, was born at Dufferin Lodge, Highgate, Middlesex, on 20 June 1858, the second son of Charles Stewart Hardinge, second Viscount Hardinge (1822-1894) of South Park, Penshurst, Kent, and his wife, Lady Lavinia (d. 1864), daughter of George Charles Bingham, third earl of Lucan. Hardinge's other grandfather, Henry Hardinge, first Viscount Hardinge, had also been a field marshal and from 1844 to 1848 was governor-general of India.

Hardinge, Alexander Henry Louis, second Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1894-1960) [Great great Nephew], private secretary to Edward VIII and George VI, was born on 17 May 1894 at the British embassy, Paris, the younger son of Charles Hardinge, later first Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1858-1944), diplomatist, and his wife, Winifred Celina Sturt (1868-1914).