Edward Harvey KCB (1783 - 1865)

Born 1783 in Eastry, Kent, England

Ancestors

Died 1865 at about age 82 in Walmer, Kent, England

Biography

Edward Harvey KCB is Notable.

He married Elizabeth Cannon of Deal, Kent and had issue^[1][2]:

• Edward Harvey (1815–1838)
• Eliza Ann Harvey (1816–) m. Richard Joynes Emmerson
• Mary Harvey (1820–1894) m. Robert Ogle of Elingham
• Captain John Harvey (1821–) of the 5th foot
• Captain Henry Harvey (1823–1869)^[3]
• Francis Harvey (1825–1862)
• Eunice E Harvey (1831–)

Edward died on the 4th May 1865. His obituary reads^[4]:

Admiral Sir Edward Harvey, K.C.B., died on Thursday,

at Walmer, Kent, aged 82. The deceased entered the navy

in 1793, on board the Brunswick, 74, commanded by his

father, Capt, John Harvey, He afterwards was midship-

man in the Prince of Wales, 98, then bearing the flag of his

uncle, Rear-Admiral Henry Harvey. After being present at

the battle of Camperdown he became, in July, 1801,

lieutenant, and in that capacity he was in the Southampton at

the capture of the Danish and Swedish West Indie Islands

in that year,. As commander (which rank he attained in

January, 1808) of the Cephalus, in 1809-10, he captured

four French privateers, and, while employed in the defence

of Sicily, was engaged with the gunboats on the coast of

Calabria. In February, 1839, be was appointed to the

Implacable, 74, in the Mediterranean, where his eminent

services, in 1840, on the coast of Syria and at the blockade of

Alexandria, obtained for him official thanks, He has not

been ____ since the Implacable was paid off in 1842. By

the death of Admiral Sir Edward Harvey, Vice-Admiral

Sir Robert Lambert Baynes, K.C.B,, becomes Admiral;

Rear-Admiral Richard L. Warren becomes a Vice-Admiral;

and Capt. Wallace Houstoun is placed on the Rear-Admi-

rals list, An Admiral's good service pension is placed at

the gift of the First Lord of the Admiralty by the death of

Admiral Sir Edward Harvey, K.C.B.

Research Notes

There is a reference that mentions a grandson "Commander John William Francis", which means one of his daughter's married name was Francis^[2].

Sources

1. ↑ A Naval Biographical Dictionary | Harvey Edward (a) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Naval_Biographical_Dictionary/Harvey,_Edward_(a)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Kent Archaeological Society | Men of Kent | Harvey of Eastry | page 9 | https://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/sites/default/files/archcant/1966%2080%20Men%20of%20Kent.%202.%20Harvey%20of%20Eastry%20Matson.pdf
3. ↑ Henry Harvey R.N. | https://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1563
4. ↑ The Times | May 8, 1865 | page 7 | Naval and Military Intelligence | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/article/1865-05-08/7/5.html

See also:

• Wikipedia: Edward Harvey
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 04 November 2022, 04:49), entry for Sir Edward Harvey (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:M72H-QB7 ); contributed by various users.