Ernest Musgrave Harvey

Sir Ernest Musgrave Harvey, by Oswald Birley

Sir Ernest Musgrave Harvey, 1st Baronet, KBE (27 July 1867 – 17 December 1955),^[1] was the Chief Cashier of the Bank of England from 1918 to 1925. Harvey was replaced as Chief Cashier by Cyril Patrick Mahon.^[2] He was Deputy Governor 1929 to 1936.^[3]

Life

He was the third son of the Rev. Charles Harvey and his wife Frances Harriet Brewster, born in Hampstead. He was educated at Marlborough College, and began work in 1885 as a clerk at the Bank of England. He became Deputy Chief Cashier there in 1902, and in 1918 was successor to Gordon Nairne as Chief Cashier.^[4]

Honours

Harvey was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1917,^[5] and was promoted to Knight Commander (KBE) in 1920.^[6] On 19 January 1933 he was created a Baronetof Threadneedle Street in the City of London.^[7]

Family

Harvey married in 1896 Sophia Paget, daughter of Capt. Catesby Paget and granddaughter of Berkeley Paget MP. The couple had three daughters and one son.^{[4][8][9][10]}

See also

• Harvey baronets

References

1. Sir Ernest Musgrave Harvey (1867–1955), Chief Cashier of the Bank of England (1918–1925) by Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley. BBC Your Paintings. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
2. Chief Cashiers.Archived 2014-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Bank of England. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
3. Sayers, R.S. (1976). The Bank of England, 1891-1944, Appendixes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 363. ISBN 978-0-521-21066-9.
4. Williamson, Philip. "Harvey, Sir Ernest Musgrave, first baronet (1867–1955)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/40223.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
5. "No. 30250". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 August 1917. p. 8796.
6. "No. 31931". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 June 1920. p. 6318.
7. "No. 33905". The London Gazette. 24 January 1933. p. 522.
8. "Harvey, Sir Ernest Musgrave". Who's Who. A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
9. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage, and Companionage. 1934. p. 117.
10. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage, and Companionage. 1934. p. 1194.