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Bookplate of 1775-1841
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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 Capt Henry Harvey, Thomas 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. Thomas had an uncle John Harvey who was also in the Royal Navy.
