We greatly regret to record the death of Lady Hardinge
of Penshurst, wife of the Viceroy of India, which occurred last Saturday in a nursing home in London. A daughter of Lord Alington, she married Mr. Charles Hardinge (as Lord Hardinge of Penshurst then was) in 1890. In all her husband's work she was a most able and tactful coadjutor, never crossing the line where support and sympathy become confused with inter- ference. Her enthusiastic labour in medical causes will leave a permanent mark in India. In particular she will be re- membered for her coolness and courage when Lord Hardinge was dangerously wounded, and she herself had a wonderful escape, in the bomb outrage of December 23rd, 1912. The wives of British administrators abroad truly share the risks as well as the labours of their husbands, and none did so more gallantly than Lady Hardinge.
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