Life
He was the third son of Major Thomas Bartholomew Price Hardy, from naval family, and older brother of William Hardy who had a parallel career as archivist. Born at Port Royal in Jamaica, he crossed over to England and in 1819 entered the Record Office in the Tower of London. Trained under Henry Petrie (1768–1842) he gained a knowledge of palaeography, and began to edit selections of the public records.
From 1861 until his death he was deputy-keeper of the Public Record Office, which just before his appointment had moved to its new London headquarters in Chancery Lane. Hardy, who was knighted in 1873, was important in setting up the Historical Manuscripts Commission in 1869.
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