Sir John Harvey

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Sir John Harvey was a British colonial administrator and military officer who served as lieutenant governor of New Brunswick and played a key diplomatic role in defusing tensions during the Aroostook War between the United States and British North America.

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instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
British colonial administrator ⓘ
person ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
appointedBy British Crown ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
birthDate 1778-04-23 ⓘ
birthPlace England ⓘ
conflict Aroostook War ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1852-03-22 ⓘ
deathPlace Halifax, Nova Scotia ⓘ
genreOfActivity diplomacy ⓘ
military leadership ⓘ
hasTitle Governor ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank Lieutenant General ⓘ
militaryUnit 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot ⓘ
notableEvent Helped prevent escalation of armed conflict on the Maine–New Brunswick border ⓘ
notableFor Role in Anglo-American boundary diplomacy in the 1830s ⓘ
notableWork Diplomatic role in defusing tensions during the Aroostook War ⓘ
occupation colonial governor ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
officeEnd Governor of Newfoundland term ended 1846 ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick term ended 1841 ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia term ended 1846 ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island term ended 1837 ⓘ
officeStart Governor of Newfoundland term began 1841 ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick term began 1837 ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia term began 1841 ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island term began 1836 ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
partOf British colonial administration in North America ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Newfoundland ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island ⓘ
residence Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island ⓘ
linked to: Charlottetown

Fredericton, New Brunswick ⓘ
linked to: Fredericton

Halifax, Nova Scotia ⓘ
St. John’s, Newfoundland ⓘ
linked to: St. John’s

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Aroostook War → significantPerson → Sir John Harvey ⓘ