HARDING, Herbert Oliver Denman. 186? — Tiruccirappalli 22.2.1916. British Civil Servant in India. Studies at Oxford (Balliol College), joined I.C.S. 1886. Served in South India for nearly 30 years, first as Assistant Collector in Coimbatore, then e.g. in Cuddapah (1901), South Kanara (1902/09) and Nilgiris (1911-13). In 1913-16 District Judge in Tiruccirappalli. Married Sophia Louise Cox, their only son died in WW I 1915. Murdered by a convict for the judgement he delivered.

Publications: “Note on some old graves in the Coimbatore district”, MJLS 1889-94, 13-20 (megaliths).

Sources: Newspapers in Internet: The Hindu 23.2.2014; India 25.2.1916; J.J. Cotton, List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in Madras. Rev. ed. Madras 1946, 116f..