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3 unusual facts about John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton


Dido Harding

Harding is the daughter of Lord Harding, and the grand daughter of Field Marshal John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, who commanded the Desert Rats in World War II.

John Allen Clark

In 1971 Clark succeeded Field Marshal Lord Harding as chairman of Plessey.

Makarios III

In October 1955, with the security situation deteriorating, the British governor, Sir John Harding, opened talks on the island’s future.


John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton

A number of such executions took place often in controversial circumstances (e.g. Michalis Karaolis) leading to resentment, in Cyprus, the United Kingdom and in other countries.

However, negotiations with Archbishop Makarios III were unsuccessful and, eventually, Harding exiled Makarios to the British Colony of Seychelles.

Millard the Mallard

Millard the Mallard first appeared in September 1972 as a joke when John Harding, of the WRVA news staff, started making a Donald Duck-type voice during Alden Aaroe's morning show.


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