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John Harvey (British Army officer)

British officer (1778–1852)

Field	Value
honorific_prefix	Lieutenant-General
name	Sir John Harvey
honorific_suffix
image	John Harvey.jpg
birth_date	April 23, 1778
death_date
rank	Lieutenant-General
battles
branch	[80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers)](80th-regiment-of-foot-staffordshire-volunteers)

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the Canadian governor

Lieutenant-General Sir John Harvey ( – ) was a British Army officer and a lieutenant governor.

He was commissioned into the 80th Foot in 1794 and served in several locations, including France, Egypt, and India. He moved to Canada in 1813 and served as a lieutenant colonel in the War of 1812, taking part in the British victories at the Battle of Stoney Creek and the Battle of Crysler's Farm in Ontario.

Sir John Harvey, St. Paul's Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

From 1836 to 1837, he was the Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island. From 1837 to 1841, he was the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. From 1841 to 1846, he was the Civil Governor of Newfoundland. From 1846 to 1852, he was the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.

Legacy

Harvey, York County, New Brunswick, founded in 1837 when he was Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, is named for him.

Harvey Park in Hamilton, Ontario, is named after him.

Former Harvey Township (now amalgamated with Galway-Cavendish and Harvey Township), Peterborough County, Ontario, is named after him.

There is a monument to him in St. Paul's Church (Halifax). He is buried in Fort Massey Cemetery.

Amelia Clotilda Jennings wrote a poem for him upon his death.

References

(1854). "Linden rhymes [microform]".

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