Person    | Male  Born 5/4/1769  Died 20/9/1839

Vice-Admiral, Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, GCB

Naval officer.  Born Dorset.  Present on Nelson's ship at the Battle of Trafalgar.  This is the Hardy of "Kiss me, Hardy" fame.  Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1834 until his death.

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Vice-Admiral, Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, GCB

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Greenwich Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground

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Brigadier Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, KG, LVO, OBE, MC

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