Francis John William Harvey

29/04/1873 — 31/05/1916
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John William Francis Harvey 1842 —
Elizabeth Edwards Lavington Penny 1846 — 1901
Francis John William Harvey 1873 — 1916
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Ethel Marguerite Edye 1875 — 1955   John Malcolm Harvey 1905 — 1979  

Francis John William Harvey


Born in 1873, the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Queen Victoria, and died aged forty-three in the sixth year of the reign of King George V  He has 1 direct descendant in the family.

Saving 1000 lives at the Battle of Jutland


Harvey was born in Upper Sydenham, Kent, the son of Commander John William Francis Harvey, RN and Elizabeth Edwards Lavington Harvey née Penny. At age 11 in 1884, Harvey moved with his family to Southsea and he attended Portsmouth Grammar School, achieving excellent academic results and showing proficiency in languages and debating. Harvey was descended from a military family; his great-great-grandfather John Harvey had been killed in the Glorious First  


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