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{{short description|Recipient of the Victoria Cross}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox military person
|name = Hastings Edward Harington
|image= Victoria Cross Medal without Bar.png
|image_size=125
|birth_date =9 November 1832
|death_date= {{death date and age|1861|07|20|1832|01|01|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Hinton Parva, Wiltshire|Hinton Parva]], [[Wiltshire]]
|death_place = [[Agra]], [[India]]
|placeofburial= Agra Cemetery
|allegiance = {{UK}}
|branch = [[Bengal Army]]<br>[[British Indian Army]]
|serviceyears = 12 June 1852 – 20 July 1861
|rank = [[Captain (land)|Captain]]
|unit = [[Bengal Artillery]]
|commands =
|battles = [[Indian Mutiny]]
|awards = [[File:UK_Victoria_Cross_ribbon_bar.svg|30px]] [[Victoria Cross]]
|relations =
}}
'''Hastings Edward Harington''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (9 November 1832 – 20 July 1861) was an English recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.

==Background==
Harington was born in [[St Peter Port, Guernsey|St Peter Port]], [[Guensey]]<ref>British India Office Birth/baptismal certificates in Cadet Papers Archive Reference L-MIL-9-223</ref> in 1832 and educated at [[Reading School]].

==Military career==
Harington's military career began on 12 June 1852, when he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the [[Bengal Artillery]]. During the Indian Mutiny he was severely wounded at Trimmoo Ghat. He was present throughout the [[Siege of Delhi]], and after the fall of the city he proceeded with the Grethed's column towards [[Cawnpore]] taking an active part in the engagements at Maligurh Fort, [[Allygurh]] and [[Agra]]. He was present at the relief of the garrison at [[Lucknow]], where his courage gained him the [[Victoria Cross]], for which he was elected by the vote of his fellow officers. During these operations he was most dangerously wounded.<ref name="Berners Street 1862">Nisbet and Co, Berners Street, British Army Scripture Readers' & Soldier's Friend Society, (1862)</ref>

He was afterwards present at the siege and capture of Lucknow and joined in the pursuit of the rebels towards Rohileund until he was severely wounded at Rooyah. This last wound compelled him to go to the [[Himalayas]] to recover his health; but deriving only temporary relief and still being troubled by a bullet which remained in his back, he was obliged to return to England and after undergoing a painful operation the bullet was extracted. His health being partially restored he returned to his duty in October 1860. Shortly after his arrival in India he proceeded on service with the [[Sikkim]] Field Force and was afterwards appointed [[adjutant]] 6th Battalion Bengal Artillery at Agra where he died from [[cholera]] on 20 July 1861, having achieved the rank of [[Captain (land)|captain]].<ref name="Berners Street 1862"/>

== The Victoria Cross ==
Harington was 25 years old, and a [[Lieutenant]] in the [[Bengal Artillery]], [[Indian Army]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]] when the following deeds took place at the [[Relief of Lucknow]] for which he was awarded the VC, the citation reading as follows:

{{quote|Lieutenant Hastings Edward Harington [and others]

Elected respectively, under the 13th clause of the Royal Warrant of the 29th of January, 1856, by the Officers and non-commissioned officers generally, and by the private soldiers of each troop or battery, for conspicuous gallantry at the relief of Lucknow, from the 14th to the 22nd of November, 1857.|London Gazette, 24 December 1858.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22212|page=5516|date=24 December 1858}}</ref>}}

==References==
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[[Category:Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
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[[Category:People educated at Reading School]]
[[Category:Deaths from cholera]]
[[Category:Infectious disease deaths in India]]
[[Category:Bengal Artillery officers]]

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