Background
HARDY, Gerald Holbech was born on July 7, 1852. 3rd son of late Sir John Hardy, 1st Baronet, of Dunstall Hall, Burtonon-Trent.
HARDY, Gerald Holbech was born on July 7, 1852. 3rd son of late Sir John Hardy, 1st Baronet, of Dunstall Hall, Burtonon-Trent.
Eton; Christ Church. Master of Arts Oxfordshire.
Called to Bar at Inner Temple. Practised for ten years. Contested Conservative Burton Division, Staffordshire, twice, and Harborough Division, Leicestershire, once.
Master of Atherstone Hounds, 1895-1903. Major in Staffordshire Imperial Yeomanry; Barrister-at-Law; Justice of the Peace; Master of Meynell Hounds since 1903.
Clubs: Arthur’s, Oxford and Cambridge, Wellington.
Polo.