Background
Harvey was the son of Sir Charles Harvey, 2nd Baronet.
Harvey was the son of Sir Charles Harvey, 2nd Baronet.
He was educated at Malvern College.
He served as Deputy Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1946 to 1948 and as Ambassador to France from 1948 to 1954. On 3 July 1954 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Harvey of Tasburgh, of Tasburgh in the County of Norfolk. Four months later he succeeded his half-brother as fourth Baronet, of Crown Point.
Lord Harvey of Tasburgh married Maud Annora, daughter of Arthur Watkin Williams-Wynn, in 1920.
Lady Harvey of Tasburgh died in 1970.