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John Harvey (British Army officer)

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Lieutenant-General Sir John Harvey, KCB KCH (23 April 1778 – 22 March 1852) was a British Army officer and a lieutenant governor.

Sir John Harvey

He was commissioned into the 80th Foot in 1794 and served in several different locations, including France, Egypt, and India. He came to Canada in 1813 and served as a lieutenant colonel in the War of 1812, taking part in the British victories at the Battle of Stoney Creek and the Battle of Crysler's Farm in Ontario.

Sir John Harvey, St. Paul's Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Military offices
Preceded by Sir Robert Lawrence Dundas	Colonel of the 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot 1844–1852	Succeeded by George Augustus Henderson
Political offices
Preceded by George Wright	Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island 1836–1837	Succeeded by Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy
Preceded by Sir Archibald Campbell	Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick 1837–1841	Succeeded by Sir William MacBean George Colebrooke
Preceded by Sir Henry Prescott	Governor of Newfoundland 1841–1846	Succeeded by Sir John Le Marchant
Note: The year after Sir John Harvey had stepped down as governor of Newfoundland and when Sir John Le Marchant was appointed, the colony was administered by Robert Law, a British Army officer.
Preceded by Sir Jeremiah Dickson (acting)	Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia 1846–1848	The political nature of the office transferred to the Premier of Nova Scotia.
Government offices
New office Now a mostly ceremonial office.	Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia 1848–1852	Succeeded by John Bazalgette

John Harvey (British Army officer)