Tripti Joshi (Editor)

Francis Pym Harding

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Monarch
  
Victoria

Occupation
  
Soldier

Succeeded by
  
Lemuel Allan Wilmot

Nationality
  
English, Canadian

Died
  
February 25, 1875

Role
  
Military officer

Name
  
Francis Harding


Premier
  
Andrew Rainsford Wetmore

Born
  
September 23, 1821 Lymington, Hampshire, England (
1821-09-23
)

Preceded by
  
Charles Hastings Doyle

Governor General
  
The Viscount Monck

Francis Pym Harding, (September 23, 1821 – February 25, 1875) was an English general in the British Army and the second Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick from 1867 to 1868.

Born in The Grove, Lymington, Hampshire, England, Harding was an officer in the 22nd Foot (Cheshire Regiment) and was promoted to colonel in 1858. He was transferred from Malta to New Brunswick in 1866 and was appointed commanding officer. As the senior military officer, he was recommended by Charles Hastings Doyle for the position of Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick and was appointed in 1867. In 1868, he was promoted to the rank of major general and returned to England in 1869.

He died in Grove, Lymington, Hampshire, England in 1875.

References

Francis Pym Harding Wikipedia