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Authorised form of nameHervey; John (1616 - 1680)
Other forms of surnameHarvey
Dates1616 - 1680
NationalityBritish
Date of birth18 August 1616
Date of death18 January 1680
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Ickworth, Suffolk
ActivityEducation:
Travelled abroad; Leyden (1637)
Career:
Gentleman of the Privy Chamber (?1641-1646); Captain of Horse in the Royalist Army (1642-1646); Treasurer of the household of Queen Catherine of Braganza (1662-death); MP for Hythe, Kent (1661-1679); Commissioner for Assessment for Suffolk (1660-death), Westminster (1661-death), Middlesex (1663-death), Norfolk (1677-death); Commissioner for Loyal and Indigent Officers for Suffolk (1662); Commissioner for Recusants (1675); Member, Royal Fishery Company (1677)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/12/1664
ProposerWilliam Brouncker
RelationshipsSon of Sir William Hervey, Kt, MP, of Ickworth, Suffolk, and his first wife Susan, daughter of Sir Robert Jermyn, Kt, of Rushbrook, Suffolk; married Elizabeth, daughter of William Hervey, 1st Baron Hervey of Kidbrooke
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Hunter; Henning
Notes:
18 January 1679 given in Bulloch's Roll and DNB; possibly Old Style date, hence date of 1680
CodeNA7274
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