• Source: John Harvey (British Army officer)

      • Lieutenant-General Sir John Harvey, (b. 1778 – d. 1852) was a British Army officer and a lieutenant governor.
      He was commissioned into the 80th Foot in 1794 and served in several different locations, including France, Egypt, and India. He came 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.

      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.


      See also


      List of lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia
      Governors of Newfoundland
      List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador


      References



      Buckner, Phillip (1985). "Harvey, Sir John". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. VIII (1851–1860) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.


      External links


      Biography at Government House The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador

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