Thomas Masterman Hardy
(1769-1839)Thomas Masterman Hardy was born on 5 Apr 1769 and died on 20 Sep 1839. He served in the Royal Navy. He married Anne Louisa Emily Berkeley on 17 Nov 1807. Honors: Baronet on 4 Feb 1806
Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB) on 2 Jan 1815
Ranks: Lt (1793)
Capt (1798)
RAdm W (1830)
Ship Ranks: Captain on the Victory from 31 Jul 1803 to 15 Jan 1806
He appears as a character in the books "Ramage at Trafalgar" (Dudley Pope), "Bomb Vessel, The" (Richard Woodman), "1805" (Richard Woodman), "Flying Colours" (C.S. Forester) and "Jackass Frigate, The" (Alaric Bond). Notes: Son-in-Law of George Cranfield Berkeley
• As Commander of Mutine he took part in the Battle of the Nile (1 Aug 1798).
• As Captain of Victory, 100 (Flag - Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson), he took part in the Battle of Trafalgar (21 Oct 1805).
• Commissioner of the Admiralty (25 Nov 1830–1 Aug 1834)
• Governor of Greenwich Hospital (1834–1839) Further Reading: Broadley, Alexander Meyrick. 1909. Nelson's Hardy: His Life, Letters, and Friends. London: John Murray. | 
