Hardy, Sir Thomas Duffus, an eminent palæographer, born in Jamaica; he acquired his skill in MS. deciphering as a clerk in the Record Office in the Tower; in 1861 he was elected deputy-keeper of the Public Records, and nine years later received a knighthood; his great learning is displayed in his editions of various “Rolls” for the Record Commission, in his “Descriptive Catalogue of MSS.,” &c. (1804‒1878).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Hardy, Thomas * Hardy, Sir Thomas Masterman, Bart.