Henry Harvey (1)

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Officer of the British Navy

Henry Harvey (1)

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Personal Details
Date of Birth	1737/07			W031
Wife	Elizabeth Boys (1740 - 1823)
Father-in-Law	William Boys
Son	Henry Harvey
Son	Richard Harvey
Father	Richard Harvey of Eastry, Kent
Mother	Elizabeth Nichols
Brother	John Harvey
Date of Death	1794/06/01			W032
Naval Service Events
Ship	Date from	Date To	Event	Source
	1751/05		Entered the Navy	W031
Centaur	1751/05		As Midshipman	W031
Promoted to Lieutenant, 10^th March 1757				W032
Hampshire	1757/03/10		As Third Lieutenant	W031
Hussar	1762/03/23		As First Lieutenant	W031
Mermaid	1763	1764	As First Lieutenant	W031
Magdalen	1764	1765	As Commander	W031
	1768/08		Appointed to command the revenue cutter Swift in the channel and North Sea	W031
	1771/04		Placed on Half-Pay	W031
Racehorse	1773/03	1773/10	As First Lieutenant	W031
Racehorse	1773/04		On a voyage of discovery towards the north pole	W031
Racehorse	1773/10		Returned from the Arctic	W031
Promoted to Commander, 15^th October 1773				W032
Martin	1776/01	1777/05	As Commander	W031
Promoted to Post Captain, 9^th May 1777				W032
Squirrel	1777/05/09	1778/12	As Commander	W031
Convert	1778/12	1782/08	As Commander	W031
Rose	1786/03	1789	As Commander	W031
Promoted to Rear-Admiral of the Blue, 4^th July 1794				W032
	1794/07/04		Took command of a small squadron in the North Sea	W031
Prince of Wales	1795/01	1795/06/01	As Flag Officer	W031
Promoted to Rear-Admiral of the Red, 1^st June 1795				W032
Prince of Wales	1795/06/01	1799/02	As Flag Officer	W031
Prince of Wales	1795/06/23		At the Action of Ile Groix
	1796/04		Appointed commander-in-chief in the Leeward Islands	W031
Prince of Wales	1797/02/16		At the 1797 Capture of Trinidad
Promoted to Vice-Admiral of the White, 14^th February 1799				W032
Royal Sovereign	1800	1802	As Flag Officer	W031
Promoted to Vice-Admiral of the Red, 1^st January 1801				W032
Promoted to Admiral of the Blue, 23^rd April 1804				W032
Promoted to Admiral of the White, 9^th November 1805				W032
Personal Events
Date	Event			Source

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Sources
W031	Oxford Dictionary of National Biography	Oxford University Press
W032	Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy	David Bonner Smith

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