Constituency Dates
Bedfordshire 1713 – 19 July 1715
Family and Education
b. c. 1667, 1st s. of John Harvey of Finningley, Notts. and Ickwell Bury by Mary, wid. of John Vassall of Hoxton, London, merchant. educ. I. Temple, 1682; St. Catherine’s, Camb. 1682; Grand Tour 1688-9.1Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. Publ. xl. 6-34. m. (lic. 12 May 1696) Sarah, 4th da. of Sir John Robinson, 1st Bt., M.P., of Nuneham Courtnay, Oxon. and Farmingwoods, Northants., ld. mayor of London 1662-3, wid. of John Gore of Gilston, Herts.,2VCH Northants. Families, 276. 5s. 5da. suc. fa. 1692.
Offices Held

Sheriff, Beds. 1711–12.

Address
Main residence: Ickwell Bury, Beds.
biography text

John Harvey was re-elected for the county as a Tory in 1715 but was unseated on petition. His name was sent to the Pretender in 1721 as a probable supporter in the event of a rising.3Stuart mss 65/16. He died 17 Nov. 1721.

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Notes
  • 1. Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. Publ. xl. 6-34.
  • 2. VCH Northants. Families, 276.
  • 3. Stuart mss 65/16.