# Henry Hardman

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**Sir Henry Hardman**, [KCB](/source/Knight_Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath) (15 December 1905 – 17 January 2001) was an English civil servant and, briefly, an academic economist.

## Early life

Hardman was born in December 1905, the son of Harry Hardman of [Old Trafford](/source/Old_Trafford_(area)), [Manchester](/source/Manchester), and Bertha Cook Hardman. He was educated at Manchester Central High School and read Commerce at the [University of Manchester](/source/University_of_Manchester), graduating in 1927. He taught for the [Workers’ Educational Association](/source/Workers%E2%80%99_Educational_Association) from 1929 until 1934 when he was appointed an economics tutor at the [University of Leeds](/source/University_of_Leeds).[1]

## Civil Service career

After the outbreak of the [Second World War](/source/World_War_II), Hardman was drafted into the [civil service](/source/Civil_service) in 1940 and served in the [Ministry of Food](/source/Ministry_of_Food_(United_Kingdom)). He was Deputy Head of the British Food Mission in [Washington, DC](/source/Washington,_D.C.) (1946–48) and was the Minister of the UK's Permanent Delegations in Paris from 1953 to 1955. When the Ministry of Food merged with the [Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries](/source/Ministry_of_Agriculture_and_Fisheries_(United_Kingdom)) in 1955, he transferred to the new [Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food](/source/Ministry_of_Agriculture,_Fisheries_and_Food_(United_Kingdom)). He moved to the [Ministry of Aviation](/source/Ministry_of_Aviation) in 1960 and was its [Permanent Secretary](/source/Permanent_secretary) from 1961 to 1963. He was then [Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence](/source/Permanent_Secretary_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence) (MoD) from 1963 to 1966, overseeing the merger of the former service departments into the MoD.

## Post-retirement

After retiring, Hardman was chairman of the [Home Grown Cereals' Authority](/source/Home-Grown_Cereals_Authority) (1968–77) and the [Covent Garden Market Authority](/source/Covent_Garden_Market_Authority) (1967–75), managing the market's move to [Nine Elms](/source/Nine_Elms), and he served on the [Monopolies and Mergers Commission](/source/Monopolies_and_Mergers_Commission) (1967–70; as deputy chairman until 1968). He acted as negotiator for a [Post Office](/source/Post_office) pay agreement in 1971.[2][3]

## Marriage and children

Hardman married Helen Diana Bosanquet. They had one son and two daughters.[4]

## Honours

Hardman was made a [Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB)](/source/Order_of_the_Bath) on 2 January 1956,[5] and later advanced to be Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB).

Hardman received an [honorary](/source/Honorary_degree) [LLD](/source/Doctor_of_Laws) from the University of Manchester in 1965.

## Death

Hardman died in January 2001, aged 95.

## References

1. [Taylor and Francis Group, Sir Henry Hardman edited By Keith Tribe, abstract](https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/mono/10.4324/9780203440711-4/sir-henry-hardman-keith-tribe)

1. "Sir Henry Hardman", *The Times* (London), 22 January 2001, p. 19. .

1. ["Hardman, Sir Henry"](https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-19010), *[Who Was Who](/source/Who's_Who_(UK))* (online ed., [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press), 2021). Retrieved 17 August 2021.

1. [Trinity University, Coates Library archives, Hardman, Henry, Sir, 1905-2001](https://archives.trinity.edu/hardman-henry-sir-1905)

1. Supplement to the London Gazette, 2 January 1956

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