A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hardy, Edward
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HARDY. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Edward Hardy entered the Navy, 13 Nov. 1824; passed his examination 28 Aug. 1832; and after serving for some time as Mate, in the Mediterranean, of the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, and Aigle 24, Capt. Clarence Edw. Paget, was presented with a commission dated 16 Feb. 1843. He then, for a brief period, became Additional-Lieutenant of the Queen 110, bearing the flag on the same station of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen; whom, however, he rejoined, 23 April, 1844, on board the Formidable 84. Since 30 Dec. 1845 he has been serving in the Vernon 50, flag-ship in the East Indies of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield.