Background
Harvey was the eldest son of General Sir Robert John Harvey of Mousehold House in Norwich.
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Robert John
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Career
He sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1868. The borough was disenfranchised at the 1868 general election, and Harvey did not stand for Parliament again. The latter year he was created a Baronet, of Crown Point in the parish of Trowse in the County of Norfolk.
Harvey married Lady Henrietta Augusta Lambart, daughter of George Frederick Augustus Lambart, Viscount Kilcoursie, in 1845.
He shot himself in July 1870, aged 53, after the collapse of the Crown Bank, and is buried in a large mausoleum in the graveyard at Kirby Bedon, Norfolk. Lady Harvey died in 1874.
Membership
19th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was elected at the 1865 general election as a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for the borough of Thetford in Norfolk, having unsuccessfully contested the seat at a by-election in April 1863.
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Born
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Nationality
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Political Party
Conservative Party