Harvey John

Harvey, John, naval officer, born in 1740 at Elmton, Kent, entered the navy in 1755, and became a captain in 1777. He was for some time in chief naval command at Gibraltar during the famous siege, and in that capacity greatly distinguished himself. In 1793 he was appointed to the Brunswick, 74, and in her was mortally injured in the hour of victory on the Glorious First of June, 1794. A monument to his memory was erected by the nation in Westminster Abbey.