A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Harding, George
HARDING. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 31; h-p., 10.)
George Harding entered the Navy, 5 March, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Isis 50, Capt. John Laugharne, successive flag-ship at Newfoundland of Vice- Admirals Sir Erasmus Gower and John Holloway. He afterwards, on removing to the Stork 18, Capt. Geo. Le Geyt, contributed, as Midshipman, to the capture and destruction, 12 and 13 Dec. 1808, of Le Cygne corvette of 18 guns, and two schooners, near St. Pierre, Martinique. Quitting the latter vessel in Jan. 1811, he next, between that period and March, 1816, served, on the North Sea, Mediterranean, Cape of Good Hope, Channel, and Leith stations, in the Edinburgh 74, Euryalus, Thames, Laurel, and Stag frigates, Swiftsure 74, and Driver 16, Capts. Robt. Rolles, Rowland Mainwaring, Jeremiah Coghlan, John Strutt Peyton, Hon. Granville Proby, Phipps Hornby, Wm. Henry Webley, and John Ross. While attached with Capt. Proby to the Thames, Mr. Harding served on shore with the patriots at the siege of Tarragona in 1813. He was presented, on leaving the Driver, with a commission dated back to 20 March, 1815; and, since 28 Feb. 1826, has been employed in the Coast Guard.