Thomas Harvey | |
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Born | 1775 |
Died | 28 May 1841 Admiralty House, Bermuda |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | Royal Navy |
Years of service | 1787 to 1841 |
Rank | Royal Navy Vice-Admiral |
Battles / wars | |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Harvey, KCB (1775 – 28 May 1841) was a senior Royal Navy officer who saw service in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and died as commander-in-chief on the West Indies Station. The son of a senior Royal Navy officer and from a family with a long military tradition, Harvey distinguished himself under his father at the Glorious First of June and as a post-captain in his own right at Admiral John Thomas Duckworth's attempt to force the Dardanelles in 1807 and commanded numerous ships and stations in the post-war period.