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Rh  26 Feb. 1834, and was subsequently appointed – 30 April, and 20 Dec. 1834, to the steamer and  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 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 16, but then went back to the, 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. – Hallett and Robinson.

 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 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 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 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. 

is youngest brother of

This officer entered the Navy, 21 Sept. 1811, as Fst,-cl. Vol., on board the 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 74. In March, 1814, he became Midshipman of the 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 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. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 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 74, in the action of 1 June, 1794. He is brother of ; nephew of the present ; and brother-in-law of

This officer entered the Navy, 6 Sept. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 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 74, and sailed for the West Indies, where he remained, until transferred, about Jan. 1808, to the  74, commanded in the Baltic by Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson. From June, 1809, until Dec. 1811, he again served with Capt. Harvey in the 74, and  100, both attached to the force in the Mediterranean; on which station he aided in the  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 and  74’s, Capts. Thos. Harvey and Robt. Honyman, and 74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren. He was then appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the 32, armée en flûte, Capt. Thos. Barclay, to which vessel the Admiralty confirmed him by commission dated 13 Nov. 1813. Joining next the, 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 36, Capt. Edw. Kittoe; and from 22 Aug. 1815, until advanced to his present rank, 2 April, 1819, he further served in the 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. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 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 18, Capts. Courtenay Osborn Hayes, Arthur Vyner, Geo. Evan Davis, and Jas. Alex. Gordon, on the East India station. – Messrs. Halford and Co.

 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., by Sarah, youngest daughter of his grand-uncle Capt. John Harvey, R.N., who was mortally wonunded in command of the 74, in the action of 1 June, 1794. He is grandson of the late Admiral Sir Henry Harvey, K.B.; brother of ; nephew, maternally, of ; and first-cousin of

This officer entered the Navy, 16 Dec. 1822, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 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 28, and  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. 