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Paul Nathan Hardy                           1843-1901
Paul Hardy was born abt 1843, in Hamburg, Germany. He was a young shipping merchant and banker, when he come to England, aged sixteen, in 1859. He settled in Manchester and became a naturalized British subject in 1864. Later he came to London and was living in Princes Gate. Two years later he changed his name to Paul Nathan Hardy.
The house, at 4 Palace Gate, whose attractive if slightly overfenestrated street facade has rather a Continental air, was designed by Edward Salomons and J. P. Jones for Paul Hardy Nathan. Building began in January 1873, Cubitts being the contractors, and in July 1874 Nathan took a ninety-nine-year lease of the site, effective from Christmas 1872 He died in 1901, at his then recently acquired country house in Sussex, leaving effects valued at over half a million pounds.
Helene Hortense Cassell                     1844-1926
Helen was born about 1844, in Brusells, Belgium.
I have identified the following children.
  Margaret Born 12 Dec 1872   London Married Alfred Walter Roberts
Alice Theresa Born 27 Jan 1874   London Remained Single
Francis Harry Born abt 1875   London Married Lady Cicely Mary Pierrepont

Birth of Parents
Paul Nathan Hardy b: abt 1843         Hamburg, Germany
son of Hardÿ Nathan (1800-1867) and Therese Speyer (1819-1877)

Helene Hortense Cassell b: abt 1844         Brusells, Belgium

Marriage
22 Feb 1872
Paul Nathan Hardy
Helene Hortense Cassell 		      Brussels, Belgium

Children
Margaret Hardy b: 12 Dec 1872               Kensington       No Birth Registration Found
daughter of Paul Nathan Hardy and Helene Hortense Cassell
Alice Hardy b: 24 Jan 1874               Kensington       No Birth Registration Found
daughter of Paul Nathan Hardy and Helene Hortense Cassell
Francis Harry Hardy b: 15 Nov 1875               Kensington       No Birth Registration Found
daughter of Paul Nathan Hardy and Helene Hortense Cassell

1881 Census RG11-22 4 April 1881 Kensington, London
4 Palace Gate
Margaret Hardy (Dau)
Alice Hardy (Dau)
F. Harry Hardy (Son) Plus 7 Servants 		Age 8
Age 7
Age 5 		London
London
London 		abt 1872
abt 1873
abt 1875

Death
Paul Hardy Died 10 Sep 1901, Age 58,       Cross in Hand, Sussex       1901 3Q UCKFIELD 2B 77

LONDON   23 Oct 1901                         Probate
HARDY, Paul - of 4 Palace Gate, Middlesex and of Isenhurst-park Cross In Hand, Sussex, Banker, died 10 September 1901 at Isenhurst-park. Probate LONDON, 23 October to Helen Hortense Hardy, widow, Alfred Walker Roberts, member of Lloyds and Underwriter, and Edgar Speyer, Banker.   Effects £612,235 4s 1d.

Death
Helene Hortense (Cassell) Hardy Died 4 Jan 1926, Age 82       Cross in Hand, Sussex       1926 1Q UCKFIELD 2B 173

The Times     Wednesday, Jan 6, 1926                 DEATHS
HARDY, - On the 4th Jan, at Isenhurst Park, Cross-In-Hand, Sussex, Helene, widow of Paul Hardy, of 4 Palace Gate. W., Aged 82. Funeral, Golders Green, Friday at 12.45.
LONDON   11 Mar 1926                         Probate
HARDY, Helene Hortense - of 4 Palace Gate, Kensington, Middlesex, and of Isenhurst Park, Cross-in-Hand, Sussex, Widow, died 4 Jan 1926, at Isenhurst Park, Probate London, 11 March to Francis Henry Hardy, retired Lieutenant Colonel H. M. Army, Margaret Roberts, Widow, and Alice Hardy, spinster.
  Effects £164624 9s 9d   Resworn £165541 19s 6d