John Harvey (Virginia)

John Harvey (Virginia)

Sir John Harvey (d.1646) [Citation |last= |first= |title=Governor of Virginia |url=http://www.nndb.com/gov/924/000051771/ |accessdate=2007-09-23] [Citation |last= |first= |title=WorldStatesmen.org |url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/US_states_V-W.html |accessdate=2007-09-23] was a British Colonial Governor of Virginia. He was elected to the position on March 26, 1628. [cite book |last=Brock |first=R.A. |authorlink=R.A. Brock |title=Virginia and Virginians |publisher=H.H. Hardesty |date=1888 |pages=20 |isbn=0871521105] In 1635 he was suspended and impeached by the House of Burgesses (who named John West as a temporary replacement), and he returned to England. He was restored to his post by the King [cite book |last=Cooke |first=John Esten |authorlink=John Esten Cooke |title=Virginia: A History of the People |publisher=Houghton, Mifflin and Co. |date=1883 |pages=166] in 1636 and returned to Virginia the following year. His government has been described as tyrannical [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. |date=1836 |pages=57] and Harvey himself has been called "an obnoxious ruler" [cite book |last=Chalmers |first=George |authorlink=George Chalmers |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. |date=1845 |pages=36 |isbn=0405032781] and was generally held to be unpopular. [cite book |last=Billings |first=Warren M. |authorlink=Warren M. Billings |title=The Old Dominion in the Seventeenth Century: A Documentary History of Virginia, 1606-1689 |publisher=UNC Press |date=1975 |pages=236 |isbn=0807812374]

In 1639 Harvey was replaced as governor by Sir Francis Wyatt. [cite book |last=Fiske |first=John |authorlink=John Fiske (philosopher) |title=Old Virginia and Her Neighbours |publisher=Houghton, Mifflin and company |date=1900 |pages=280]

ee also

*Colony of Virginia
*Governor's Palace
*List of colonial governors of Virginia
*History of Virginia

References

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/source/is2/is2e.htm John Harvey's Residence]


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