Gathorne Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook, politician and statesman mb-height 5750 Jon Pertwee as scarecrow Worzel

Jon Pertwee as scarecrow Worzel Gummidge seen here shooting a scene from the Southern Television children’s series "Worzel Gummidge" with actress Barbara Windsor as Saucy Nancy

Calcott 2-seater car parked outside a farm gate

Scene from Quality Street

German edition

Charlotte Street

Gathorne Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook, politician and statesman mb-height 5750 Jon Pertwee as scarecrow WorzelGathorne Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook, politician and statesman, 1881. Hardy (1814 1906) first entered Parliament as a Conservative member for Leominster in 1856. In 1865 he enjoyed the distinction of defeating William Gladstone in winning the parliamentary seat of Oxford. He served in various ministerial posts in Conservative governments between 1866 and his retirement from public life in 1892, at which time he was made an Earl. From Men of Mark: a