Editing Robert Hardy (section)

==Personal life==
Hardy's first marriage, in 1952, was to Elizabeth Fox, the daughter of Sir Lionel Fox; they had a son, Paul.<ref name="guardian"/> This marriage ended in 1956. In 1961 he married Sally Pearson, the daughter of the baronet Sir [[Neville Pearson]] and Dame [[Gladys Cooper]] as well as a half-sister of [[John R. Buckmaster|John Buckmaster]] and a sister-in-law of [[Robert Morley]]. From this marriage, which ended in 1986, Hardy had two other children,<ref name="guardian"/> one of whom is [[Justine Hardy]], a journalist, activist and psychotherapist who founded Healing Kashmir.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Meneses|first=Geeta Alvares|year=2009|title=A Humane Being|url=http://www.justinehardy.com/assets_cm/files/pdf/n074.pdf|journal=Libas International|page=74|via=Justine Hardy website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223134739/http://www.justinehardy.com/assets_cm/files/pdf/n074.pdf|archive-date=23 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="TI isolated">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/edit-page/Kashmiris-have-felt-isolated-during-conflict/articleshow/5502439.cms?|title=Kashmiris have felt isolated during conflict|date=27 January 2010|website=The Times of India|access-date=20 December 2016}}</ref>

Hardy was a close friend of actor [[Richard Burton]], whom he met at [[Oxford University]].<ref name=BBC13783739>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13783739|title=Obituary: Robert Hardy|work=BBC News|date=3 August 2017|access-date=3 August 2017}}</ref> He shared some memories of their wartime friendship and read extracts from Burton's newly published diaries at the [[Cheltenham Literature Festival]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/whats-on/film/harry-potter-actor-robert-hardy-277113|title=Harry Potter actor Robert Hardy dies aged 91|first=Aled|last=Thomas|website=GloucestershireLive|date=4 August 2017}}</ref>

While playing Henry V, Hardy developed an interest in medieval warfare, and in 1963 he wrote and presented an acclaimed television documentary on the subject of the [[Battle of Agincourt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/03a1254ff29d41ea800eaca420619e4b|title=The Picardy Affair|website=BBC|date=25 October 1963 |access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref> He also wrote two books on the subject of the longbow, ''Longbow: A Social and Military History''<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Longbow-Military-History-Robert-Hardy/dp/1852604123 Longbow: A Social and Military History]</ref> and ''The Great Warbow: From Hastings to the Mary Rose'' with Matthew Strickland.<ref>Sutton Publishing 2005. {{ISBN|0-7509-3167-1}} {{ISBN|978-0750931670}}</ref> He was one of the experts consulted by the [[Archaeology|archaeologist]] responsible for raising the ''[[Mary Rose]]''. He was Master of the [[Worshipful Company of Bowyers]] of the City of London from 1988 to 1990. In 1996 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Society of Antiquaries of London|Society of Antiquaries]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sal.org.uk/history/listoffellows/?letter=H|title=List of Fellows – H|publisher=[[Society of Antiquaries of London]]|access-date=9 May 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003032229/http://www.sal.org.uk/history/listoffellows/?letter=H|archive-date=3 October 2010}}</ref>

In February 2013, Hardy withdrew from his scheduled performance as Winston Churchill in [[Peter Morgan]]'s play, ''[[The Audience (2013 play)|The Audience]]'', after suffering cracked ribs as the result of a fall.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21584842|title=Robert Hardy withdraws from Churchill role in Helen Mirren play|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=26 February 2013|access-date=26 February 2013}}</ref>

Hardy died on 3 August 2017, aged 91, at [[Denville Hall]], a home for retired actors.<ref name=BBC40818839>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40818839|title=Harry Potter actor Robert Hardy dies at 91|date=3 August 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=3 August 2017|language=en-GB}}</ref>