[PW] 1922? Bombing in Hong Kong

[joan hughes]

Maybe it wasn't in Hong Kong but in India and maybe
the man didn't die. I found this on the following URL
about the East India Company
http://www.honeastindiaco.com/governors.html. After
all these years some of the facts might be fuzzy but
it did happen to a viceroy in India in Dec. 1922.
Joni H.
Tonganoxie, KS



Charles Hardinge – 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
(1858-1944)
He was the second son of the 2nd Viscount Hardinge who
had been Governor-General of India from 1844 to 1848.
Hardinge entered the diplomatic service in 1880 and
served in Teheran in 1896 and St Petersburg in 1898.
>From 1906 until 1910 he was Permanent Under-Secretary
for Foreign Affairs. In that role he accompanied King
Edward VII on his foreign visits. He was created
K.C.M.G. in 1904 and G. C. M. G. in 1905. Sir Charles
Hardinge he was ambassador to Russia from 1904 to
1906. In 1910 Hardinge was appointed Viceroy of India
and raised to the peerage with the title of 1st Baron
Hardinge of Penshurst. In December 1922, while
entering the city of Delhi in state a bomb was thrown
at him causing serious injuries and killing an
attendant. His wife, the Hon Winifred Selina Sturt,
daughter of the 1st Baron of Alington, escaped unhurt.
She did much during her stay in India to further the
medical training of Indian women. During his tenure
King George V visited India and the capital of India
was moved from Calcutta to New Delhi. Because of
Hardinge’s efforts elations between the British
administration and the Indian nationalists improved,
which enabled Britian to deploy nearly all of its
troops in India as well as many Indian troops to areas
outside of India during World War One. In 1916
Hardinge returned to England and once again appointed
Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign Office. From
1920 to 1922 he was ambassador to France. He retired
in 1922 and died at Penshurst, Kent in August 1944.
Re: [PW] 1922(?) Bombing in Hong Kong



A



      ____________________________________________________________________________________
Be a better friend, newshound, and 
know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile.  Try it now.  http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ