Alexander Ogilvy ('Alec') Hardy
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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Alexander Ogilvy ('Alec') Hardy
by Unknown photographer
vintage bromide print, circa 1940s
6 1/8 in. x 4 3/8 in. (156 mm x 110 mm) image size
Given by Corporation of Church House, 1949
Photographs Collection
NPG x159130
Sitterback to top
- Alexander Ogilvy ('Alec') Hardy (1891-1970), Bishop of Nagpur, India and Assistant Bishop of Bradford. Sitter in 5 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6584 portraits.
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Current affairs
Following the German invasion of the Netherlands, Belgium and France, Neville Chamberlain resigns and Churchill is appointed Prime Minister making the famous speech: 'I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.'The Battle of Britain ends the Phoney War with Germany's attack on the nation from the air. Britain's cities, airbases and ports are bombed during the Blitz.
Art and science
With little access to sculpture materials, and a bombed out studio Henry Moore starts experimenting with drawings of war subjects. After taking shelter in a London Underground station during an air raid Moore was inspired to begin a series of Shelter Drawings. With a commission from the War Artists Advisory Committee, headed by Kenneth Clark, these became some of the most popular example of official war art.International
Britain's attempt to defend France against German invasion by landing troops on the French coast ends in failure; France surrenders and Britain is left to face the Axis Powers alone. While the Dunkirk Landings were a failure, the heroic rescue of troops by a fleet of English civilian boats was a victory for morale, and the 'Dunkirk Spirit' came to stand as an emblem of British triumph in adversity.Comments back to top
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Jack Johnston. His great grandmother was a Johnston from Clogher, Co Tyrone
11 September 2020, 17:33
Alexander Ogilvy Hardy was the eldest son of William Johnston McKnight Hardy an RM in Ireland. Mother was Mary Ogilvy from Dublin. One of 5 siblings. His brother William Dalrymple Hardy was a rector in Bristol & Surrey. Sister Eileen married William Moodie FRCP an eminent child psychiatrist.