Harvey Christian Combe
Harvey Christian Combe (1752 – 4 July 1818)[1] was an English Whig[2] politician. He was the eldest surviving son of Harvey Combe, attorney, of Andover, Hampshire.
He was elected an Alderman of London in 1790 and Lord Mayor of London in 1799. He was appointed Sheriff of London for 1791-92. At the 1796 general election he was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of London.[2] He held the seat for 21 years,[1] until he resigned from the House of Commons in 1817 by taking the Chiltern Hundreds.[3]
He died the following year, aged about 66.[1] He had married his cousin Alice Christian, the daughter of Boyce Tree, corn factor, of London, with whom he had four sons and six daughters. In 1806 he had bought Cobham Park estate in Surrey where he lived until his death. The estate was left to his son Harvey Combe junior.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stooks Smith, Henry (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S., ed. The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 210–211. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 17259. p. 1339. 14 June 1817. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
"COMBE, Harvey Christian (1752-1818), of Cross Street, London and Cobham Park, Surr.". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Harvey Combe
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Watkin Lewes Sir John Anderson, Bt William Lushington Sir William Curtis, Bt |
Member of Parliament for the City of London 1796 – 1800 With: Sir John Anderson, Bt William Lushington Sir William Curtis, Bt |
Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain |
Member of Parliament for the City of London 1801 – 1817 With: Sir William Curtis, Bt to 1818 Sir John Anderson, Bt to 1806 William Lushington to 1802 Sir Charles Price, Bt 1802–12 Sir James Shaw, Bt 1806–18 John Atkins 1812–18 |
Succeeded by Sir Matthew Wood Sir William Curtis, Bt Sir James Shaw, Bt John Atkins |
| Civic offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Richard Glyn |
Lord Mayor of London 1799–1800 |
Succeeded by Sir William Staines |