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    "verified_text": "hardy, sir thomas masterman, bart. (1769-1839), british vice-admiral, of the portisham (dorsetshire) family of hardy, was born on the 5th of april 1769, and in 1781 began his career as a sailor. he became lieutenant in 1793, and in 1796, being then attached to the \"minerve\" frigate, attracted the attention of nelson by his gallant conduct. he continued to serve with distinction, and in 1798 was promoted to be captain of the \"vanguard,\" nelson's flagship. in the \"st george\" he did valuable work before the battle of copenhagen in 1801, and his association with nelson was crowned by his appointment in 1803 to the \"victory\" as flag-captain, in which capacity he was engaged at the battle of trafalgar in 1805, witnessed nelson's will, and was in close attendance on him at his death. hardy was created a baronet in 1806. he was then employed on the north american station, and later (1819), was made commodore and commander-in-chief on the south american station, where his able conduct came prominently into notice. in 1825 he became rear-admiral, and in december 1826 escorted the expeditionary force to lisbon. in 1830 he was made first sea lord of the admiralty, being created g.c.b. in 1831. in 1834 he was appointed governor of greenwich hospital, where thenceforward he devoted himself with conspicuous success to the charge of the naval pensioners; in 1837 he became vice-admiral. he died at greenwich on the 20th of september 1839. in 1807 he had married anne louisa emily, daughter of sir george cranfield berkeley, under whom he had served on the north american station, and by her he had three daughters, the baronetcy becoming extinct. see marshall, _royal naval biography_, ii. and iii.; nicolas, _despatches of lord nelson_; broadley and bartelot, _the three dorset captains at trafalgar_ (1906), and _nelson's hardy, his life, letters and friends_ (1909). hardyng or harding, john (1378-1465), english chronicler, was born in the north, and as a boy entered the service of sir henry percy (hotspur), with whom he was present at the battle of shrewsbury (1403). he then passed into the service of sir robert umfraville, under whom he was constable of warkworth castle, and served in the campaign of agincourt in 1415 and in the sea-fight before harfleur in 1416. in 1424 he was on a diplomatic mission at rome, where at the instance of cardinal beaufort he consulted the chronicle of trogus pompeius. umfraville, who died in 1436, had made hardyng constable of kyme in lincolnshire, where he probably lived till his death about 1465. hardyng was a man of antiquarian knowledge, and under henry v. was employed to investigate the feudal relations of scotland to the english crown. for this purpose he visited scotland, at much expense and hardship. for his services he says that henry v. promised him the manor of geddington in northamptonshire. many years after, in 1439, he had a grant of l10 a year for similar services. in 1457 there is a record of the delivery of documents relating to scotland by hardyng to the earl of shrewsbury, and his reward by a further pension of l20. it is clear that hardyng was well acquainted with scotland, and james i. is said to have offered him a bribe to surrender his papers. but the documents, which are still preserved in the record office, have been shown to be forgeries, and were probably manufactured by hardyng himself. hardyng spent many years on the composition of a rhyming chronicle of england. his services under the percies and umfravilles gave him opportunity to obtain much information of value for 15th century history. as literature the chronicle has no merit. it was written and rewritten to suit his various patrons. the original edition ending in 1436 had a lancastrian bias and was dedicated to henry vi. afterwards he prepared a version for richard, duke of york (d. 1460), and the chronicle in its final form was presented to edward iv. after his marriage to elizabeth woodville in 1464. the version of 1436 is preserved in lansdowne ms. 204, and the best of the later versions in harley ms. 661, both in the british museum. richard grafton printed two editions in january 1543, which differ much from one another and from the now extant manuscripts. stow, who was acquainted with a different version, censured grafton on this point somewhat unjustly. sir henry ellis published the longer version of grafton with some additions from the harley ms. in 1812. see ellis' preface to hardyng's _chronicle_, and sir f. palgrave's _documents illustrating the history of scotland_ (for an account of hardyng's forgeries). (c. l. k.)",
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