Person:Elizabeth Herrick (11)

SOURCE: Looking Back, March 1982.

Captain William Walter HARDING, b. 1782, d. Uitenhage 27 Mar 1831; m. Elizabeth HERRICK, b. Cork. Ireland, 1793, d. George 12 Jan 1866; After the death of HARDING, Elizabeth married William GUEST, b. 1785, d. George 1 May 1881, aged 95 yrs. 9 mths.

Captain HARDING purchased an Ensigncy (2nd Lieutenant) in the 20th Regiment of Foot (East Devon) in 1800; Promoted to Lieutenant on 25 Jun 1803 and to Captain, 12 Oct 1809. He took part in the Egyptian campaign of 1801 and in the battle of Maida (Calabria, Italy) on 6 July 1806. He also took part in the Spanish campaign 1808-1809, being evacuated from Corunna with the rest of the British forces on 16 January 1809. He took part in the ill-fated Walcheren expedition of 1809 and later served in Malta and Sicily. He transferred from the 20th Regiment to the Cape Corps in November 1811, served on the frontier of Cape Colony and took part in the defence of Graham's Town when it was attacked by Makana in 1819.

Captain Charles SOMERSET of the 9th Lancers, a son of Lord Charles SOMERSET, purchased Harding's Captaincy on 17 June, 1819. After HARDING left the army he joined the civil service and was Deputy Landdrost of Cradock 1819-1823. He left Cradock on 17 January 1824 and became Government Resident at Plettenberg Bay 1824-1826. He became Deputy Landdrost of Beaufort West on 15 November 1826. On the 4 January 1828 magistrates were appointed for the first time in the Cape Colony, and Captain HARDING was appointed Resident Magistrate at Beaufort West at £300 per year. On 20 June 1828 he was transferred to Graaff-Reinet as Justice of the Peace. On 12 December 1828 he was transferred back to Beaufort West as Resident Magistrate. On 6 March 1829 he was appointed Justice of the Peace at Swellendam. On 18 July 1829 as Resident Magistrate at Uitenhage where he died.

The children of Captain William Walter HARDING:

b1. Sir Walter HARDING, b. 1813, d. Pietermaritzburg, 19 Apr 1874. Appointed First Chief Justice of Natal 4 March 1858 and was knighted at the same time. The town of Harding in Natal, founded in 1873, is named after him. m1. 8 Jul 8134, Johanna Petronella BRINK, b. 26 Nov 1815, d. Swellendam 12 Jun 1843, aged 27 yrs. 6 mths. Issue: Two - boy and girl. m2. 1 Jul 1850, Anna Maria Catherina SWANEPOEL, b. 1832, d. 1 Jun 1900. Issue: Eight children.

b2. William Edward HARDING, b. Kaffir Drift 15 Sep 1816, bapt. Cradock 12 Sep 1820; Joined the Cape Mounted Rifles as Ensign on 28 December 1838; Drowned at the mouth of the Great Fish River, 5 Sep 1839.

b3. Lieutenant Frederick Rex HARDING, b. Cradock 14 Aug 1820, bapt. 12 Sep 1820, d. 25 Jan 1845; Gazetted Ensign in the 91st Regiment of Foot on 7 Aug 1840 and Lieutenant on 15 April 1842.

b4. Lieutenant Edward Bulleyn HARDING, b. Beaufort West 5 Apr 1827, d. George 20 May 1853; m. George 24 Jan 1848, Marie Albertina Sunette Catharina SWEMMER, b. 1829, d. George 6 Jan 1900. There were two children.

b5. George Henry HARDING, b. Uitenhage 15 Mar 1830, d. Fort Hare 10 Apr 1851; Captain in the George Levy.

b6. Anne HARDING, m. William John WELSFORD.

1. ↑ Ancestry.com.

   Eliza Herrick born 19 Jan 1793, Cork, married William Walter Harding about 1810 and emigrated to South Africa about 1814. Died Cape Town 12 Jan 1866.
   http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.britisles.ireland.crk.general/7583/mb.ashx