• Source: John Harvey (Virginia governor)

      • Sir John Harvey (fl. 1582 - d. 1646) was a Crown Governor of Virginia. Before becoming involved in Virginia politics, he was a transporter of settlers from England, owning a ship called the Southampton. In 1624, Harvey reported to the royal commissioner that the colony had recovered faster than expected from the Indian massacre of 1622. Harvey traveled back and forth between the New World and England. Harvey was appointed to the position on March 26, 1628 by Charles I of England.
      In autumn 1629, Harvey departed England aboard the Friendship with 300 other settlers to Virginia. Harvey appointed several inexperienced politicians, including Samuel Matthews and William Claiborne to the Virginia Governor's Council.
      In 1635 Harvey was suspended and impeached by the Council of Virginia (who named John West as a temporary replacement), and he returned to England. He claimed a conspiracy to change the charter of the colony by John Wolstenholme was the reason for the failures of his administration.
      Charles I restored him to his post in 1636. Harvey returned to Virginia in January 1637 and served until November 1639. The captain, officers, and sailors of the ship that transported the governor to Virginia in 1635 sued in Admiralty court for their pay. His government has been described as tyrannical and Harvey himself has been called "an obnoxious ruler" and was generally held to be unpopular. In 1639, Harvey was replaced as governor by Sir Francis Wyatt.
      Harvey married Elizabeth Piercy Stephens (widow to Harvey's rival, Richard Stephens) in 1638, and owned Boldrup Plantation for a time.


      See also


      Colony of Virginia
      Governor's Palace
      History of Virginia


      References




      External links


      John Harvey's Residence
      Biography at Encyclopedia Virginia

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