Michael Harvey (died 1748)
Michael Harvey (10 May 1694 – 3 October 1748), of
Harvey was the only surviving son of Edward Harvey of Coombe and his first wife He married after a settlement dated 23 April 1715, Rebecca Wolstenholme, daughter of Sir John Wolstenholme, 3rd Baronet, MP, of Edmonton, Middlesex. He inherited the Clifton Maybank estates from the widow of his cousin, Michael Harvey MP, in 1717.[1]
Harvey, was initially declared elected as Tory
Although Harvey succeeded to his father’s estate in 1736, he was financially ruined by the successive contests at Milborne Port. In 1743 a private Act was passed which vested his Leicestershire estates in trustees in order to discharge encumbrances on the estates in Surrey. He also had to mortgage his Clifton Maybank estate and property at Milborne Port, putting them into the hands of
Harvey died of apoplexy on 3 October 1748, before the elections committee reported on the last election. He had no children and his Surrey estates were sold.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "HARVEY, Michael (1694-1748), of Coombe, Surr. and Clifton Maybank, nr. Milborne Port, Dorset". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 15 December 2018.