Following his first wife's death, he married Catharine Stanyan, the daughter of Temple Stanyan. Through Catherine, he inherited Temple Stanyan's estate at Rawlins, Oxfordshire. The couple had three sons and two daughters. Sir Charles Hardy died at Spithead. He bequeathed £3000 to each of the sons and £4000 to each daughter, as well as leaving his estate to his eldest son Temple Hardy. By Catharine's death in 1801, only Temple survived of the three sons. Hardy's brother Josiah was a merchant and the Governor of New Jersey from 1761 to 1763. See also Governors of Newfoundland List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador References |- 1710s births 1780 deaths Politicians from Portsmouth Knights Bachelor Governors of the Province of New York Lords of the Admiralty Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Plymouth British MPs 1761–1768 British MPs 1768–1774 British MPs 1774–1780 Governors of Newfoundland Colony Royal Navy admirals Royal Navy personnel of the Seven Years' War Military personnel from Portsmouth