[[2] was a Crown Governor of Virginia.[3] He was appointed to the position on 26 March 1628 by Charles I of England.[4] In 1635 he was suspended and impeached by the Council of Virginia (who named John West as a temporary replacement), and he returned to England. Charles I restored him to his post [5] in 1636. He returned to Virginia in January 1637 and served until November 1639. His government has been described as tyrannical[6] and Harvey himself has been called "an obnoxious ruler"[7] and was generally held to be unpopular.[8]]In 1639 Harvey was replaced as governor by Sir Francis Wyatt.[9]
He owned Boldrup Plantation.[10]
See also
- Colony of Virginia
- Governor's Palace
- History of Virginia
References
1. ^1 {{Cite web |last= |first= |title=WorldStatesmen.org |url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/US_states_V-W.html |accessdate=2007-09-23}}
2. ^1 {{cite web|last1=Tarter|first1=Brent|title=Sir John Harvey (ca. 1581 or 1582–by 1650)|url=http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Harvey_Sir_John_ca_1581_or_1582-by_1650|publisher=Encyclopedia Virginia/Dictionary of Virginia Biography|accessdate=11 March 2015}}
3. ^1 {{cite book |last=Brock |first=Robert A. ||title=Virginia and Virginians |publisher=H.H. Hardesty |year=1888 |pages=20 |isbn=0-87152-110-5}}
4. ^1 {{cite book |last=Cooke |first=John Esten |authorlink=John Esten Cooke |title=Virginia: A History of the People |publisher=Houghton, Mifflin and Co. |year=1883 |pages=166}}
5. ^1 {{cite book |last=Grahame |first=James |authorlink=James Grahame |title=The History of the United States of North America: From the Plantation of the British Colonies till their Revolt and Declaration of Independence |publisher=Smith, Elder & Co. |year=1836 |pages=57}}
6. ^1 {{cite book |last=Chalmers |first=George |authorlink=George Chalmers (antiquarian) |title=An Introduction to the History of the Revolt of the American Colonies: Being a Comprehensive View of its Origin, Derived from the State Papers Contained in the Public Offices of Great Britain |publisher=J. Munroe & Co. |year=1845|url=https://archive.org/details/anintroductiont01chalgoog/page/n77|pages=35-36|isbn=0-405-03278-1}}
7. ^1 {{cite book |last=Billings |first=Warren M.||title=The Old Dominion in the Seventeenth Century: A Documentary History of Virginia, 1606-1689 |publisher=UNC Press |year=1975 |pages=236 |isbn=0-8078-1237-4}}
8. ^1 {{cite book |last=Fiske |first=John |authorlink=John Fiske (philosopher) |title=Old Virginia and Her Neighbours |publisher=Houghton, Mifflin and Company |year=1900 |pages=280}}
9. ^1 {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NJa_64aH1iMC&pg=PA337 |title=The Virginia Landmarks Register: Boldrup Plantation Archeological Site |author=Calder Roth ed.|date= 1999|publisher=University of Virginia Press}}