Alexander Alfred Augustus Harvey1,2

M, #14429, b. 1816, d. June 1842
Father*(__________) Harvey (A&G father) b. <1810>
Mother*(__________) (__________) (A&G mother)
Background* Alexander Alfred Augustus Harvey and Hugh Harvey have the following backgound information available Alfred's ancestor is Hugh, "of Cole Park, Wilts, whose male representative is Alfred Augustus Harvey Esq., MD, of the Lodge Bathampton, near Bath, grandson and heir of Audley Harvey, Esq of Cole Park" Since we do not know Alfred's parents names, we don't know if Hugh is his father's ancestor, or if he is his mother's ancestor (if she is also a Harvey, which is possible).3 
Birth*1816 Alexander Alfred Augustus Harvey was born in 1816 at England; age 25 in 1841 census. 
Marriage*3 December 1838 He married Catherine Mary Hughes on 3 December 1838 at Bathwick Church, Bath, Somerset, England.2 
Death*June 1842 Alexander Alfred Augustus Harvey died in June 1842 at Bath, Somerset, England.2 
(Witness) Obituary7 April 1879 He witnessed the obituary of John Harvey on 7 April 1879 at 9 Cavendish Square, London, Middlesex, England; Alfred typed up a page that says "This is a copy of what was cut from the "Times", and sent to me by my sister, Mrs John Wiblin, 75 Marland Place." It is not dated.
               From the London Times
     We lately announced the death of Mr John Harvey, of Ickwellbury, Bedfordshire, and of Finnenley Park, Yorkshire, J.P. & D.L. and Chairman of the Quarter Sessions, and its High Sheriff, Beds, who died at 9 Cavendish Sqr, London, on the 7th inst. after long illness. The representative of one of the most ancient families of Gt Britain, and a large landed proprietor in several counties, Mr Harvey may be cited as the model of an Engllish country gentleman. In public life as a Magistrate and chairman of the Quarter Sessions, Mr Harvey's career was one of the highest usefulness and influence, and it will be difficult, if not impossible, to replace him. Few men have succeeded in doing so much good to their suffereing fellow creatures, for it is mainly due to Mr Harvey's exertions that the condition of county lunatic asylums was early brought to his notice, and after years of untiring labour he had the satisfaction of seeing better building erected and a better mode of treating the insane adopted in all of those counties in which he had influence. Not only in England did Mr Harvey mitigate the sufferings of those unhappy beings, but his generous aids of time and money brought comfort to many sufferers of the same class in Italy, Turkey, and Syria.
     For many years Mr Harvey had been well known as an enterprising Yachtsman, and was one of the oldest members of the Cowes Royal Yacht Squadron. In his yacht "The Claymore" he visited most parts of the world, and his noble exertions ot Tyre, when he was instrumental in saving that town and the lives of all its Christian inhabitants during the war in Syria, will long be remembered in yachting annals. For this gallant deed Mr Harvey received the thanks of Her Majesty's Govt and of both houses of Parliament.
     Mr Harvey married Annie, daughter of Mr Henry Tennant, of Cadoxton Hall, Glamorganshire, and leaves two children, - a son who is on the staff of the Governor General of Canada, and a daughter.
     Mr John Harvey was a descendant of the same family of Harvey as of the Noble House of Bristol (Marquies), who married his cousin, daughter of Audley Harvey, Esq of Cole Park, Malmsbury, Wilts. He was born Nov 14, 1815; married in 1848. His son is named John Audley Harvey, 42nd Highlanders; daughter named Beatrice Susan Audley.
     Alfred had a # beside Audley Harvey's name and put the note "My father's grandfather".
     Subsequently, we found the date in the "Annual Register 1879" pg 187 by Edmund Burke, James Dodsley http://books.google.com/books?id=3nFdAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA187&lpg=RA1-PA187&dq=%22The+Claymore%22+%22John+Harvey%22&source=bl&ots=l2b6P0hoSK&sig=JHh5FARj6x9NkYD7nIIBkGvjgkc&hl=en&ei=r9tbSpKIGIHusgPr0NCwCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1

Family

Catherine Mary Hughes
Last Edited9 Sep 2009

Citations

  1. Full name on death index.
  2. [S250] England & Wales FreeBMD Birth Death and Marriage indexes on Ancestry.co.uk.
  3. [S183] Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland (available on Ancestry), Sir Bernard Burke, : London, 1855, pgs 528-529.