Gathorne-Hardy is the name of a British aristocratic family. The first part of the name is pronounced with a long a, i.e. "gay-thorn". The founder of the family was Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook. The "eccentric Gathorne-Hardys" as they are sometimes known,[ citation needed ] have produced many notable members of 19th and 20th century British society.
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire,, was a British nobleman, aristocrat, and politician. He was the eldest son of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, by his wife, the heiress Lady Charlotte Boyle, suo jure Baroness Clifford, who brought in considerable money and estates to the Cavendish family. He was invited to join the Cabinet on three occasions, but declined each offer. He was Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and Governor of Cork, and Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire. In 1782, he was made a Knight of the Order of the Garter.
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, was a prominent British statesman and Conservative politician. He held cabinet office in every Conservative government between 1858 and 1892, and was a key ally of Disraeli.
Earl of Cranbrook is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1892 for Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, Viscount Cranbrook. The title is named after Cranbrook in the county of Kent. The Gathorne-Hardy family seat is Great Glemham House, near Saxmundham, Suffolk.
George Joachim Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen,, was a British Conservative politician and statesman who served as Governor of Madras from 1924 to 1929, and acting Viceroy of India from 1929 to 1931.
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William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny, styled Viscount Neville between 1845 and 1868 and known as The Earl of Abergavenny between 1868 and 1876, was a British peer.
David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow,, was a British naval commander and colonial governor. He served as Governor of New Zealand between 1892 and 1897.
John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe, KG, PC, FRS was a Scottish nobleman.
John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich, PC, styled Viscount Hinchingbrooke until 1792, was a British peer and Tory politician.
John Stewart Gathorne-Hardy, 2nd Earl of Cranbrook was a British hereditary peer and Conservative Member of Parliament.
RalphEdward Gathorne-Hardy was a British antiquarian, traveller and socialite.
Caroline Gathorne-Hardy, Countess of Cranbrook is an English aristocrat and campaigner on food quality issues. She is the wife of Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 5th Earl of Cranbrook.
Mary Elizabeth Grey, Countess Grey was a British aristocrat and political hostess. She is notable for being the wife of the prime minister in the 1830s through her marriage to Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey.
George Heywood Hill was a British bookseller, and the founder of the Mayfair bookshop Heywood Hill in 1936.
Lady Anne Catherine Dorothy Hill was a British bookseller and writer.
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 5th Earl of Cranbrook,, styled Lord Medway until 1978, is a British zoologist, biologist, naturalist, and peer. Since 1956, he has been active in the fields of ornithology, mammalogy, and zooarchaeology, and has influenced research and education in Southeast Asia. His career focus was on swiftlets and other small Southeast Asian birds, as well as on mammals, including orangutans.
George Forbes, 5th Earl of Granard PC was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 3rd Earl of Cranbrook, styled as Lord Medway between 1906 and 1911, was a British hereditary peer.
John David Gathorne-Hardy, 4th Earl of Cranbrook was a British hereditary peer and archaeologist.
Margaret Evelyn Goschen, Viscountess Goschen, was a British aristocrat who was the wife of George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen, Governor of Madras, appointed acting Viceroy of India in 1929, and thus styled Vicereine of India between 1929 and 1931.