Sir Daniel Harvey

Harvey was born in Croydon as the son of Daniel Harvey, a grocer and merchant of London, and Combe Nevill Surrey. He was educated at Croydon, and first was admitted at Pembroke College, Oxford in 1643, and later at Caius College, Cambridge in 1646.

As a merchant he was appointed a director of the English East India Company, and was a member of the Levant Company that traded with the eastern Mediterranean. From 1668 to 1672 he served as the English Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. He died in Constantinople in 1672 at the age of 40 and was buried at Hempstead, Essex.

During his lifetime, Harvey was active as a politician. In 1654 he was appointed Sheriff of Surrey, and from 1660 he had a seat in the House of Commons. In 1660, he was knighted by King Charles II and appointed custodian of Richmond Park.

Harvey was in marriage with Elizabeth Montagu, sister of Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu with whom he had two daughters.