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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.