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| Gathorne Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook | |||
| Third son of John Hardy, of Bradford | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Event | |
| 1 October 1814 | Born (Bradford, Yorkshire) | ||
| 29 March 1838 | Married Jane, daughter of James Orr | ||
| 15 February 1856 | 18 July 1865 | M.P. (Conservative) for Leominster | |
| 1858 | 1859 | Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | |
| 18 July 1865 | 17 May 1878 | M.P. for Oxford University (defeating Gladstone) | |
| 1866 | 1867 | President of the Poor Law Board in Lord Derby's cabinet | |
| 6 July 1866 | Privy Counsellor | ||
| 17 May 1867 | 3 December 1868 | Home Secretary in Derby's and then Disraeli's cabinets | |
| 21 February 1874 | 2 April 1878 | Secretary of State for War in Disraeli's second administration | |
| 2 April 1878 | 21 April 1880 | Secretary of State for India | |
| 4 May 1878 | Created Viscount Cranbrook, of Hemsted in the County of Kent | ||
| 11 May 1878 | Changed his name to Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy by Royal Licence | ||
| 24 June 1885 | 6 February 1886 | Lord President of the (Privy) Council | |
| 21 January 1886 | 6 February 1886 | Secretary of State for War (for two weeks, until Salisbury's minority cabinet fell) | |
| 3 August 1886 | 16 August 1886 | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
| 3 August 1886 | 18 August 1892 | Lord President of the Council | |
| 20 April 1888 | G.C.S.I. (Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India) | ||
| 22 August 1892 | Created 1st Earl of Cranbrook and 1st Baron Medway of Hemsted Park | ||
| 30 October 1906 | Died (Hemsted Park, Kent) | ||
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