Kingston Russell House — Dorset

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. The Hardy Monument on Black Down. Not a house exterior and not a likeness.

Overview

The birthplace is already on Hardy Thomas Masterman — Captain HMS Victory. Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy was born 5 April 1769 at Kingston Russell House, Dorset, second son of Joseph Hardy of Portisham — Dorset Village and Anne Masterman.¹

The Birthplace

This note covers that birthplace only. A house plan, a parish register, and a later memorial stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Portisham — Dorset Village stays a red-link. Hardy Monument — Black Down already covers the 1844 monument above Portisham and is not reopened here. Crewkerne Grammar School is the schooling note. Burnham Thorpe — Norfolk Village is Nelson’s birthplace note, not this house.²

Sources

• @white2005nelson
• @beatty1807nelson
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• Hardy Thomas Masterman — Captain HMS Victory

Related

Navigation

• MOC_Geography_Places
• Cities_Regions_Index

Same Subject

• Hardy Thomas Masterman — Captain HMS Victory
• Hardy Monument — Black Down
• Crewkerne Grammar School
• Greenwich Hospital — Royal Hospital for Seamen

Cross-Domain

• Age of Sail — Era Overview
• Age of Sail — Chronological Timeline

Footnotes

1. Born 5 April 1769 at Kingston Russell House, Dorset; second son of Joseph Hardy of Portisham and Anne Masterman: Hardy Thomas Masterman — Captain HMS Victory. ↩

2. Do not invent a house plan, a parish register, or a later memorial. Do not write Portisham as its own note from the father’s village phrase. Do not reopen the monument note. ↩