Francis Harding
1799–1875
Entered navy 1812. Served in H.M.S. War-spite on the South American station until 1833. Captain, 1841. Retired as vice-admiral, 1867.
Sources
Modern English biography
O’Byrne 1849.
Bibliography
Modern English biography: Modern English biography, containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died since the year 1850. By Frederick Boase. 3 vols. and supplement (3 vols.). Truro, Cornwall: the author. 1892–1921.
O’Byrne, William R. 1849. A naval biographical dictionary: comprising the life and services of every living officer in Her Majesty’s Navy, from the rank of admiral of the fleet to that of lieutenant, inclusive. London: John Murray.
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