Hardinge is a surname. People with the surname include: Viscount Hardinge, UK peerage, including: Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785–1856), British Army field marshal, Governor-General of India Charles Hardinge, 2nd Viscount Hardinge (1822–1894), British politician Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, UK peerage, including: Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1858–1944), British diplomat and statesman, Viceroy of India Alexander Hardinge, 2nd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1894–1960), British Army officer and courtier Sir Arthur Edward Hardinge (1828–1892), British Army general, Governor of Gibraltar Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge (1859–1933), British diplomat Frances Hardinge (born 1973), British author George Hardinge (1743–1816), English judge and Member of Parliament George Nicholas Hardinge (1781–1808), Royal Navy officer Nicholas Hardinge (1699–1758), English civil servant, Member of Parliament, known also as a neo-Latin poet Richard Hardinge (c.1593–1658), English parliamentarian and courtier Sarah Ann Lillie Hardinge (1824-1913), Texas artist Wally Hardinge (1886–1965), English cricketer William Money Hardinge (1854–1916), English poet and author See also Harding (surname)