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Major Alexander Henry Louis Hardinge, 2nd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, GCB, GCVO, MC, PC (17 May 1894 – 29 May 1960) was Private Secretary to the Sovereign during the Abdication Crisis of Edward VIII and during most of the Second World War.
- 17 May 1894
- Sir Alan Lascelles
18. Nov. 2006 · From July 1943, when he replaced Alec Hardinge as principal private secretary, he controlled access to the King and therefore established a close relationship with all the grandees who visited...
When George VI came to the throne after the abdication he inherited Edward VIII’s private secretary, Alec Hardinge. At first they got on and Hardinge boosted George’s self-confidence.
Alan Lascelles. Sir Alan Frederick " Tommy " Lascelles, GCB, GCVO, CMG, MC ( / ˈlæsəls / LASS-əlss; 11 April 1887 – 10 August 1981) was a British courtier and civil servant who held several positions in the first half of the twentieth century, culminating in his position as Private Secretary to both George VI and Elizabeth II.
29. März 2021 · Alexander ‘Alec’ Hardinge entered royal service as an assistant to Stamfordham in 1920. 38 In 1936 he became PPS to Edward VIII when other candidates for the position refused it. 39 The facts of the abdication crisis are well known. Edward met Wallis Simpson when she was married to her second husband, Ernest, in 1931, and ...
3. Juli 2019 · Sir Alec Hardinge, then the King’s Private Secretary, described Halifax as “always the court favourite,” noting, “It took me a long time to get the King and Queen to look on the new Prime Minister with favour, but in the end the King at any rate made great friends with him.” 3. 2024 International Churchill Conference.
16. Nov. 2021 · Even the King’s own private secretary, Alec Hardinge, could not be quiet anymore, and he wrote a letter that he intended to send to the King, informing him that the relationship with Wallis would lead to a confrontation with the government. The King read Hardinge’s letter and felt utterly betrayed.
