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[[Image:Robert Bateson Harvey Vanity Fair 1885-11-07.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Caricature by [[Leslie Ward|Spy]] published in [[Vanity Fair (British magazine 1868-1914)|Vanity Fair]] in 1885.]]
[[Image:Robert Bateson Harvey Vanity Fair 1885-11-07.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Caricature by [[Leslie Ward|Spy]] published in [[Vanity Fair (British magazine 1868-1914)|Vanity Fair]] in 1885.]]
'''Sir Robert Bateson Harvey, 1st Baronet''', of Langley Park (17 November 1825 – March 1887), was an English [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician who sat in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] in two periods between 1863 and 1885.
'''Sir Robert Bateson Harvey, 1st Baronet''', of Langley Park (17 November 1825 – March 1887), was an English [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician who sat in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] in two periods between 1863 and 1885.


Harvey was the son of Robert Harvey of Langley Park, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, and his wife Jane Jemima Collins, daughter of John Raw Collins of [[Hatch Court]], Somerset. His father was an illegitimate son of Sir Robert Bateson-Harvey, 1st Bt. (died 1825). Harvey was educated at [[Eton College]] and [[Christ Church, Oxford]]. He was a Captain in the 5th Buckinghamshire Rifle Volunteers and then in the Royal Buckinghamshire Yeoman Cavalry. He was a [[Justice of the Peace|J.P.]] and [[Deputy Lieutenant]] for Buckinghamshire.<ref name=Debrett>[https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1881londuoft#page/106/mode/2up Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881]</ref> The Langley Park estate in Buckinghamshire was bought by his grandfather in 1788, and passed down to him.<ref>[http://www.southbucks.gov.uk/environment_planning/historic_environment_building_conservation/registered_historic_parks_and_gardens/langley_park.aspx South Bucks Historic Parks and Gardens Langley Park] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325162432/http://www.southbucks.gov.uk/environment_planning/historic_environment_building_conservation/registered_historic_parks_and_gardens/langley_park.aspx |date=25 March 2010 }}</ref>
Harvey was the son of Robert Harvey of Langley Park, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, and his wife Jane Jemima Collins, daughter of John Raw Collins of [[Hatch Court]], Somerset. His father was an illegitimate son of Sir Robert Bateson-Harvey, 1st Bt. (died 1825). Harvey was educated at [[Eton College]] and [[Christ Church, Oxford]]. He was a captain in the 5th Buckinghamshire Rifle Volunteers and then in the Royal Buckinghamshire Yeoman Cavalry. He was a [[Justice of the Peace|J.P.]] and [[Deputy Lieutenant]] for Buckinghamshire.<ref name=Debrett>[https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1881londuoft#page/106/mode/2up Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881]</ref> The Langley Park estate in Buckinghamshire was bought by his grandfather in 1788, and passed down to him.<ref>[http://www.southbucks.gov.uk/environment_planning/historic_environment_building_conservation/registered_historic_parks_and_gardens/langley_park.aspx South Bucks Historic Parks and Gardens Langley Park] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325162432/http://www.southbucks.gov.uk/environment_planning/historic_environment_building_conservation/registered_historic_parks_and_gardens/langley_park.aspx |date=25 March 2010 }}</ref>


In 1863 Harvey was elected [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Buckinghamshire]] and held the seat until 1868. In 1868 he was created a [[Harvey baronets|baronet of Langley Park]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=23439 |date=10 November 1868 |page=5812}}</ref><ref>http://thepeerage.com/p13511.htm#i135104</ref><ref>http://thepeerage.com/p13511.htm#i135105</ref> He was re-elected MP for Buckinghamshire in 1874 and held the seat until 1885.<ref>{{Rayment-hc|b|6|date=March 2012}}</ref>
In 1863 Harvey was elected [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Buckinghamshire]] and held the seat until 1868. In 1868 he was created a [[Harvey baronets|baronet of Langley Park]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=23439 |date=10 November 1868 |page=5812}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thepeerage.com/p13511.htm#i135104|title = Person Page}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thepeerage.com/p13511.htm#i135105|title = Person Page}}</ref> He was re-elected MP for Buckinghamshire in 1874 and held the seat until 1885.<ref>{{Rayment-hc|b|6|date=March 2012}}</ref>


Harvey married firstly in 1855 Diana Jane Creyke, daughter of Ven. Stephen Creyke, Archdeacon of York, and secondly in 1874 Magdalene Breadalbane Anderson, daughter of [[Pringle baronets|Sir John Pringle, 5th Baronet]] and widow of Alexander Anderson of New South Wales.
Harvey married firstly in 1855 Diana Jane Creyke, daughter of Ven. Stephen Creyke, Archdeacon of York, and secondly in 1874 Magdalene Breadalbane Anderson, daughter of [[Pringle baronets|Sir John Pringle, 5th Baronet]] and widow of Alexander Anderson of New South Wales.
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Latest revision as of 20:31, 22 November 2022

Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1885.

Sir Robert Bateson Harvey, 1st Baronet, of Langley Park (17 November 1825 – March 1887), was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1863 and 1885.

Harvey was the son of Robert Harvey of Langley Park, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, and his wife Jane Jemima Collins, daughter of John Raw Collins of Hatch Court, Somerset. His father was an illegitimate son of Sir Robert Bateson-Harvey, 1st Bt. (died 1825). Harvey was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He was a captain in the 5th Buckinghamshire Rifle Volunteers and then in the Royal Buckinghamshire Yeoman Cavalry. He was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Buckinghamshire.[1] The Langley Park estate in Buckinghamshire was bought by his grandfather in 1788, and passed down to him.[2]

In 1863 Harvey was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckinghamshire and held the seat until 1868. In 1868 he was created a baronet of Langley Park.[3][4][5] He was re-elected MP for Buckinghamshire in 1874 and held the seat until 1885.[6]

Harvey married firstly in 1855 Diana Jane Creyke, daughter of Ven. Stephen Creyke, Archdeacon of York, and secondly in 1874 Magdalene Breadalbane Anderson, daughter of Sir John Pringle, 5th Baronet and widow of Alexander Anderson of New South Wales.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
  2. ^ South Bucks Historic Parks and Gardens Langley Park Archived 25 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "No. 23439". The London Gazette. 10 November 1868. p. 5812.
  4. ^ "Person Page".
  5. ^ "Person Page".
  6. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)

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Nathaniel Grace Lambert to 1880
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