Born: 16 April 1817-19 July 1870.
Son of: Maj Gen Sir Robert John Harvey (1785-1860) and Charlotte Mary Lady Harvey (1793- 1869).
Brother of:
1. Julia Sutton nee Harvey (1816-????) who married Capt Samuel Ives Sutton (1807-1850)
2. Daughter Harvey
3. Maria Frances Harvey (1821-1845).
4. John Harvey: presumably Colonel John Edmund Harvey (1822-????) who married Octavia Lettice Stephens.
5. Charles Onley Harvey (18??-1824).
6. Edward Kerrison Harvey (1826-1906) who married 1st: Emma Susanna Chevallier (1828-1886), 2nd: Sophia Elizabeth Beevor (1843-1924).
7. Archibald Harvey (18??-1827).
Robert married: Lady Henrietta Augusta Lambart (1817-1874), 11 August 1945, daughter of George Frederick Augustus Lambart, Viscount Kilcoursie, and Sarah Coppin.
Robert and Henrietta had issue:
1. Henrietta Julia Lacon nee Harvey (1847-1873) who married Edmund Broughton Knowles Lacon (1843-????).
2. Robert Lambart Sutton Harvey (1847-1864).
3. Sir Charles Harvey 2nd Bart (1849-1928) who married 1st Jane Anne (?-1891), daughter of Benjamin Green of Newcastle.  Charles married 2nd Mary Anne Edith Cooke daughter of G F Cooke of Holmwood, Norwich (see Norfolk Portraits, Vol 2, page 168).
4. Lambart Edward Harvey (1851-1871).
5. Ida Harvey (1852-1931).
6. Alicia Menella Harvey (1858-1892).

Sir Robert John Harvey 1st Bart: An Overview

The information I have about Robert comes from the following sources:

1. Information supplied to me by Carla Woodworth Lynas and based on the 'Original Genealogical Collections, by the late Lieut. Col. Robert John Harvey of Thorpe'.  This is mentioned in a publication called 'Walter Rye, Memoir Bibliography and Catalogue of of his Norfolk Manuscripts in the Norwich Public Libraries' by Geo. A. Stephen published in 1929? by the Public Libraries Committee, Norwich.  Original documents in the Norfolk Archives.
2. His portrait recorded in the book 'Portraits in Norfolk Houses' by Prince Frederick Duleep Singh, Vol 2, undated but published around 1928.  Rainthorpe Hall, The Property of Sir Charles Harvey Bart, 6th August 1907.  Page 168, 175.

Robert was a senior partner in ‘Harvey and Hudson’s Bank’ – the Crown Bank.  Unfortunately he lost everything when he backed France to win the Franco-Prussian war.  When he realised his mistake, he shot himself on his estate at Crown Point.

Multiple Portrait of the Harvey Family Click for larger image and names of sitters

If anyone can add more information about Robert I would be very pleased to hear from you.

If you know any more please contact me jj@jjhc.info

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