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Harvard, Michael, brother of Oswin Harvard Gibbs-Smith (qv); b. 16 Feb. 1906; adm. Sept. 1920 (H); left Mar. 1924; has assumed the name of Harvard in lieu of Gibbs-Smith; asst sec. Imperial Communications Advisory Committee in WW2; a picture restorer and dealer; rn. 1st 18 Dec. 1942 Cherry Margaret, sister of Michael Hugh Brashier (qv); 2nd 1974 Susan, d. of Rowland Hammerbeck; d. Apr. 2003.

HARVEST, TASH, son of William Harvest, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, brewer, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of Hatton Tash, Iver, Bucks.; bapt. Kingston 14 Oct 1717 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Jun 1727; in under school list 1729.

HARVEST, WILLIAM, brother of Tash Harvest (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1727; in under school list 1729; left 1729.

Harvey, Charles Arthur, brother of Sir George David Harvey (qv); b. 29 Apr. 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (H); left Dec. 1924; 2nd Lieut. HLI Aug. 1926, Lieut. Aug. 1929; played football for Scot­land 1931-2; ADC to Gov. of Jamaica 1934-5; Capt. Aug. 1938, Maj. Aug. 1943; served Middle East and NW Europe in WW2, wounded, despatches (Middle East) Apr. and Dec. 1941; retd as hon. Lieut.-Col. Apr. 1957; appointed a Military Knight of Windsor by Royal Warrant 20 Nov. 1970; m. 1 July 1943 Margaret Hamilton, d. of Alan E. Craig of Georgetown, British Guiana; d. 4 Mar. 1987.

Harvey, Douglas Arthur, son of Gilmour Arthur Harvey, of Paddington, by Florence Evelyn Williams, of Chile; b. Dec. 3, 1893; adm. Jan. 17, 1907 (R); left. July 1911; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 3rd West Lancs Brigade R. F. A. (T. F.) May 12, 1915; Lieut. June 1, 1916; Adjutant Jan. 21, 1917; Capt. Aug. 3, 1917; M.C. June 3, 1918; employed with An­thony Gibbs & Sons in Chile 1911-5 and 1919-28 and in New York 1929-31; with H. T. Baker & Bros. of New York in Chile, Peru and Argentina 1932-42; retired and resided in Buenos Aires; m. March 12, 1930, Ethel Joan Mearns, daughter of William Mearns Gow, of Prestwick, Ayrshire; d. July 1, 1959.

HARVEY, EDWARD, brother of Eliab Harvey (adm. Jan 1723/4, qv); b. 1 Aug 1718; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1726/7; left 1735; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 May 1736; Cornet, 10th Dragoons 19 Mar 1740/1; Lieut. , 31 Aug 1744; Capt. , 7th Dragoons 6 Feb 1747; Maj. , 8 Mar 1751; Lieut. -Col. , 6th Dragoons 25 May 1754; Equerry to George III 1760; Col. in the Army 2 Dec 1760; Maj. -Gen. , 10 Jul 1762; Adjutant-General 1763-72; Col. , 12th Dragoons 17 Mar 1763 – Sep 1764, Carabineers 28 Sep 1764 – Oct 1775, 6th Dragoons from 18 Oct 1775; Lieut. -Gen. 25 May 1772; Governor of Portsmouth 1773-7; served with distinction in Seven Years War; wounded at Wetter and Kloster Kampen; MP Gatton 5 Dec 1761-8, Harwich from 1768; described by Horace Walpole as “the King’s confidential tool for the Army” (Journal of the Reign of George III 1771-83, ed. Doran, I, 179); m. ; d. 27 Mar 1778.

HARVEY, ELIAB, second son of William Harvey MP, Chigwell, Essex, and Mary, dau. of Ralph Williamson, Berwick, Northumberland; b. 23 May 1716; adm. Jan 1723/4; Min. Can. 1729; KS 1730; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1734, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1734, scholar 2 May 1735; 4th in “ordo” 1737/8; BA 1737/8; MA 1741; Minor Fellow, Trin. Coll. 2 Oct 1740, Major Fellow 9 Jul 1741; adm. Inner Temple 5 May 1733, called to bar 12 Jun 1741, Bencher 1758, Treasurer 1767; tenant chambers, Inner Temple, from 1741; KC 29 Mar 1758; MP Dunwich 1761-8; FRS 29 Mar 1764; m. 20 Nov 1756 Mary, dau. of Richard Benyon, Gildea Hall, Essex, Governor of Bengal; d. 23 Oct 1769.

HARVEY, SIR ELIAB, fourth son of William Harvey MP, Rolls Park, near Chigwell, Essex, and Emma, sister of Stephen Skynner (qv); nephew of Eliab Harvey (qv); b. 5 Dec 1758; adm. 19 Jan 1768; went to Harrow Sch., there in 1770; entered Royal Navy; nominally entered on board William and Mary yacht 1771; Lieut., 26 Feb 1779; Commander 21 Mar 1781; Capt., 20 Jan 1783; served under Sir John Jervis at reduction of Martinique and Guadeloupe 1794; commanded HMS Temeraire at blockade of Brest and at battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct 1805; Rear-Adm., 9 Nov 1805; serving under Gambier in Basque Roads 1809; dismissed the service 23 May 1809 for declaring publicly on board his flagship, HMS Tonnant, his disapproval of Lord Cochrane’s appointment to a special command; reinstated 21 Mar 1810, “in consideration of his long and meritorious services”, but not again employed; Vice-Adm., 31 Jul 1810; Adm., 12 Aug 1819; succeeded elder brother in family estates 1779; MP Maldon 27 May 1780-4, Essex 1802-12 and from 1820; KCB 2 Jan 1815; GCB 11 Jan 1825; m. 15 May 1784 Lady Louisa Nugent, younger dau. of Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent (I) PC MP; d. 20 Feb 1830. DNB.

Harvey, Ernest Gilmour, brother of Herbert Buchanan Harvey (q.v.); b. May 24, 1877; adm. Sept. 1889 (R); left Dec. 1893; adm. a solicitor April 1899; in practice at Newcastle-upon-Tyne; m. 1904, Ella Violet, eldest daughter of His Honour Judge David Fenwick Steavenson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; d. Dec. 2, 1949.