hiː wʌzɐ sˈʌn ʌv ˈædmɜːɹəl tʃˈɑːɹlz hˈɑːɹdi, fɹʌm hˈuːm hiː ɪnhˈɛɹɪɾᵻd ɐ hˈaʊs æt ɹˈɔːlɪnz, ɪn ˈɑːksfɚdʃɚ, ænd pˈaʊnd θɹˈiː,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ, ˌɔn hɪz fˈɑːðɚz dˈɛθ ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi.
He was a son of Admiral Charles Hardy, from whom he inherited a house at Rawlins, in Oxfordshire, and £3,000, on his father's death in 1780.