mission 26 Feb. 1834, and was subsequently appointed – 30 April, and 20 Dec. 1834, to the Salamander steamer and Victor 16, Capts. Wm. Langford Castle and Rich. Crozier, from the latter of which vessels he invalided, at Sydney, N.S. Wales, in Feb. 1837 – 15 Jan. 1838, to the Coast Guard – and 18 March, 1839, to the Winchester 50, bearing the flag of his father, Sir Thos. Harvey, on the North America and West India station. He was sent home from Halifax towards the close of 1840, in acting-command of the Serpent 16, but then went back to the Winchester, and continued in that ship as Additional and Flag-Lieutenant until promoted to the rank he now holds 28 May, 1841. He has since been unemployed.
Commander Harvey married, 19 July, 1838, Jane, daughter of Dr. Denison, of Margate. He was left a widower 9 May, 1842. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
HARVEY. (Lieutenant, 1834.)
Henry John Harvey is second son of Major-Gen. Sir John Harvey, K.C.B., Governor of Newfoundland.
This officer entered the Navy 4 Nov. 1824; served as Midshipman of the Talbot 28, Capt. Hon. Fred. Spencer, at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827; passed his examination in 1830; and obtained his commission 6 Jan. 1834. He was appointed, 5 July following, Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Winchester 52, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel, on the East India station; where, from 12 April, 1836, until paid ofii at the close of 1838, he further served, in the Raleigh 18, Capt. Michael Quin. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Harvey has been for a long time private secretary to his father. He married, 1 Sept. 1842, Ella Louisa, eldest daughter of the Right Rev. Aubrey George, then Bishop of Newfoundland, and now of Jamaica.
HARVEY. (Lieut., 1819. f-p., 8; h-p., 28.)
Henry Wise Harvey is youngest brother of Commander John Harvey, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 Sept. 1811, as Fst,-cl. Vol., on board the Bellerophon 74, Capt. Geo. Halsted, bearing the flag in the North Sea of Rear-Admiral John Ferrier, with whom he was transferred, in Feb. 1813, to the Scarborough 74. In March, 1814, he became Midshipman of the Spencer 74, commanded in North America by Capt. Rich. Raggett; and he next, from Sept. 1815, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 April, 1819, served in the Antelope 50, flag-ship of his uncle Rear-Admiral John Harvey on the West India station. He has not been since afloat.
He married first, in July, 1821, Alice Holness, only daughter of Jas. Simpson, Esq., of London; and, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of the late Geo. Leith, Esq., of Walmer, co. Kent. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
HARVEY. (Commander, 1819. f-p., 15; h-p., 28.)
John Harvey, born 31 Dec. 1793, is eldest son of Henry Wise Harvey, Esq., of Harnden, co. Kent, whose father, the gallant Capt. John Harvey, R.N., was mortally wounded in command of the Brunswick 74, in the action of 1 June, 1794. He is brother of Lieut. H. W. Harvey, R.N.; nephew of the present Capt. Edw. Harvey, R.N.; and brother-in-law of Commander Geo. Hilton, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Sept. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agamemnon 64, commanded by his uncle Capt John Harvey. In Sept. 1805, after having served on the north coast of Spain, and participated in Sir Robt. Calder’s action, he accompanied his relative into the Canada 74, and sailed for the West Indies, where he remained, until transferred, about Jan. 1808, to the Orion 74, commanded in the Baltic by Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson. From June, 1809, until Dec. 1811, he again served with Capt. Harvey in the Leviathan 74, and Royal Sovereign 100, both attached to the force in the Mediterranean; on which station he aided in the Leviathan in causing the self-destruction of the French ships-of-the-line Robuste and Lion, between Cette and Frontignan, 25 Oct. 1809. Until Sept. 1813, we next find Mr. Harvey employed on the North Sea and North American stations in the Sceptre and Marlborough 74’s, Capts. Thos. Harvey and Robt. Honyman, and St. Domingo 74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren. He was then appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Success 32, armée en flûte, Capt. Thos. Barclay, to which vessel the Admiralty confirmed him by commission dated 13 Nov. 1813. Joining next the Epervier, of 18 guns and 117 men, Capt. Rich. Walter Wales, Mr. Harvey continued to serve on the American coast until 29 April, 1814, when that vessel, after a severe action of an hour, and a loss of 23 men killed and wounded, became a shattered prize to the United States sloop Peacock, of 22 guns and 185 picked seamen, two only of whom appear to have been hurt. On regaining his liberty he was appointed, 22 Aug. 1815, to the Astraea 36, Capt. Edw. Kittoe; and from 22 Aug. 1815, until advanced to his present rank, 2 April, 1819, he further served in the Antelope 50, as Flag-Lieutenant to his uncle Rear-Admiral John Harvey, Commander-in-Chief in the Leeward Islands. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
HARVEY. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Robert Beazley Harvey entered the Navy 2 March, 1827; passed his examination 27 July, 1833; and obtained his first commission 23 Nov. 1841. He has been serving since 10 June, 1842, in the Wolf 18, Capts. Courtenay Osborn Hayes, Arthur Vyner, Geo. Evan Davis, and Jas. Alex. Gordon, on the East India station. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
HARVEY. (Commander, 1840. f-p. 17; h-p., 8.)
Thomas Harvey, born in Dec. 1810, at Walmer, co. Kent, is eldest son of the late Vice-Admiral of the White Sir Thos. Harvey, K.C.B.,[1] by Sarah, youngest daughter of his grand-uncle Capt. John Harvey, R.N., who was mortally wonunded in command of the Brunswick 74, in the action of 1 June, 1794. He is grandson of the late Admiral Sir Henry Harvey, K.B.;[2] brother of Commander Henry Harvey, R.N.; nephew, maternally, of Capt. Edw. Harvey, R.N.; and first-cousin of Commander John Harvey, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 Dec. 1822, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gloucester 74, bearing the broad pendant in the West Indies of Sir Edw. W. C. K. Owen. He continued to serve on that station, part of the time in the Tyne 28, and Helicon 10, Capts. John Walter Roberts and Wm. Robt. Dawkins, until Feb. 1824; and from the following May until Dec. 1825, he was employed as a student at the Royal Naval College. Re-em-
- ↑ Sir Thomas Harvey served as Master’s Mate of the Ramillies 74, in Lord Howe’s action 1 June, 1794, and as Lieutenant of the Prince of Wales in Lord Bridport’s engagement 23 June, 1795. Immediately after the reduction of Trinidad, where he had commanded the Pelican sloop, he was advanced to Post-rank 27 March, 1797; subsequently to which he officiated as Captain of the Prince of Wales 98, Concorde, Lapwing, and Unité frigates, Standard 64, and Majestic, Sceptre, and Northumberland 74’s. He was present in the Prince of Wales at the attack on Puerto Rico in April, 1797; in the Lapwing in the expedition of 1799 against the Dutch colony of Surinam; in the Unité at the reduction of the Danish and Swedish islands in 1801; and in the Standard at the passage of the Dardanells in Feb. 1807. He was nominated a C.B. in 1815, a Colonel of Marines and a Rear-Admiral in 1821, a K.C.B. in 1833, and a Vice-Admiral in 1837. He died Commander-in-Chief on the North America and West India station 28 May, 1841, in his 66th year, and was buried at Bermuda.
- ↑ Sir Henry Harvey commanded the Ramillies 74, on the 1st of June, 1794; captured, in conjunction with Sir Ralph Abercromby, the Spanish island of Trinidad in Feb 1797; and died an Admiral of the White 28 Dec. 1810.
