William Harvey, Officer of Arms for Henry VIII and Edward VI

He is my ancestor in common with Queen Elizabeth II.

William Harvey (1510 – 1567) was an English officer of arms. Born June 1510 to Turner and Mary Harvey in Ashill, Somerset. He had a brother Thomas Harvey of London, whose daughter Audrey Harvey married William Jefferay.[1]

Appointments

• 1536 - Blue-Mantle Pursuivant in ordinary
• 1545 - Somerset Herald by Henry VIII
• 1550 - Norry King of Arms by King Edward
• 1557 - Queen Mary deputed him to go to France to declare war (I have since discovered that this is untrue. William Flowers, Norrey King of Arms was the herald who informed Henri II of France that England had declared war.)
• 1566 - King of Arms at his death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Arms

References

• Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1891). "Harvey, William (d.1567)" . Dictionary of National Biography. 25. London: Smith, Elder & Co link
• 1. See the diary of their son: The journal of William Jefferay, gentleman: Born at Chiddingly, old England, in the Year 1591; Died at Newport, New England, in the Year 1675, edited by John Osborne Austin (Providence, R.I.: 1899), pages 1–2 Archive.Org

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He is a direct ancestor of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom. This is her lineage from him:

Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom is Doctor William Thomas Harvey, Officer of Arms for Henry VIII and Edward VI's 11th great granddaughter.

1 Doctor William Thomas Harvey, Officer of Arms for Henry VIII and Edward VI

2 Thomas Harvey, Mayor of Folkstone

3 Doctor Daniel Harvey

4 Elizabeth Finch (Harvey), Countess of Nottingham

5 Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham

6 Mary Finch, Duchess of Roxburghe

7 Dorothy Savile, Countess of Burlington and Countess of Cork

8 Charlotte Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington

9 Dorothy Bentinck (Cavendish), Duchess of Portland

10 Lord Charles Bentinck

11 Reverend Charles Cavendish-Bentinck

12 Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne

13 Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother

14 Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom