Editing William Harvey (section)

== Family ==
William's father, Thomas Harvey, was a jurat<!--not of Channel Is., however--> of [[Folkestone]] where he served as mayor in 1600. Records and personal descriptions delineate him as an overall calm, diligent, and intelligent man whose sons “... revered, consulted and implicitly trusted in him...” (they) made their father the treasurer of their wealth when they acquired great estates...(He) kept, employed, and improved their gainings to their great advantage."{{sfn|Power|1897|p=4}} Thomas Harvey's portrait can still be seen in the central panel of a wall of the dining room at Rolls Park, [[Chigwell]], in [[Essex]]. William was the eldest of nine children, seven sons and two daughters, of Thomas and his wife Joan Halke.

Notable family connections include [[Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham]], who married William's niece Elizabeth Harvey, and the diplomat Sir [[Daniel Harvey (diplomat)|Daniel Harvey]]. His great nephew was the naval hero [[Eliab Harvey]], captain of [[HMS Temeraire (1798)|HMS ''Temeraire'']].<ref>''Famous Fighters of the Fleet'', Edward Fraser, 1904, p.218</ref>