William Le Hardy

Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Clement Le Hardy (1889 – 28 December 1961) was an English archivist.

Early life Le Hardy was born into a family of archivists. His great-uncle, Sir Thomas Hardy and his grandfather Sir William Hardy were Deputy Keepers of the Public Records, and his father William John Hardy (died 1919) was a record agent in the firm of Hardy and Page, later Hardy and Reckitt. His uncle on his mother's side was William Page, record agent and general editor of the Victoria County History.

Le Hardy was a founder-member of the British Records Association in 1932, and served almost continuously on its council until his death, aged 72. Also a founder-member of the Society of Local Archivists, he was chairman of its council from 1949 to 1954, and elected a vice-president when the Society became the Society of Archivists in 1955. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and was active in its Essay Club.

Works (with Dorothy Bushby) Wormley in Hertfordshire, Staples Press, 1954 Guide to the Hertfordshire Record Office, vol I, 1960