John E. Harvey
| John E. Harvey | |||||||||||
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| Died | 1879 | ||||||||||
| Residence |
Borneo Company, 7 Mincing Lane [1862] Borneo Company, 28 Fenchurch Street, EC [1879] | ||||||||||
| Occupation | business | ||||||||||
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check: A1 has Robert Harvey [see this: The Clerks were William Martin and Robert Harvey. In 1854 their interests in Sarawak had increased in importance and they reformed as the Borneo Co, with their agents in London to work those interests. The Singapore office was established 31 July 1851 as the Borneo Co Ltd1 2, with John Hervey as Managing Director East]
1879.11.25 The deaths of ... and Mr J.E. Harvey were announced. [am assuming this is him (he was director until 1879 which might imply death) but it could refer to Dr John Harvey of Grosvenor St qv]
Notes From Elsewhere
From The Borneo Company Limited by Howard Cox and Stuart Metcalfe, 1998: its branch in Singapore had at that time been placed under the supervision of Robert MacEwen's former clerk, John Harvey (Longhurst, 1956: 17). Harvey had quickly established himself as a leading member of the Singapore mercantile community and he and Helms must have become acquainted before the Dane's departure for Sarawak ...
For the purposes of conducting this Borneo
trade, Harvey registered a firm with the Singapore Chamber of Commerce which he
called the Borneo Company. ...
John Harvey was installed at the company's office in London as managing director,
company founded in 1856. Harvey director 1859-79
Member of Athenaeum Club from 1826 [?]
