48 The Sedgefield Country 



upon the physique. In his case the true key-note of 

 existence was early struck, the result being a harmony 

 impressive to all men quitting the traditions, the habits and 

 the modes of life characteristic of townsmen generally. Mr. 

 Harvey lived an open-air life summer and winter, and as 

 became a mighty hunter, at length found himself almost the 

 only remaining link in our social chain between the first 

 decade of the century and the last. No greater votary of 

 the chase has the North country ever known, and his name 

 will remain for many a year to come historic in connection 

 with fox hunting, just as that of Ralph Lambton, his pre- 

 decessor at Sedgefield has already become. Yet unlike other 

 great exponents of the sport elsewhere, Mr. Harvey was 

 a dweller in the city throughout the centre period of his 

 life, and as a man of business his closest attention was 

 required by many matters differing widely as the poles from 

 the duties of a Master of Foxhounds. The exceptional force 

 of character which distinguished him was demonstrated in 

 many ways. Besides being great as an M.F.H. he was a 

 successful manufacturer, a keen critic of literature and the 

 drama, and a practical naturalist. Further he possessed that 

 undefinable faculty of attracting towards him the good men 

 and true of all ranks and classes, and although he has long 

 outlived the friends of his youth, and even of his more 

 mature years it is literally the truth that his decease will 

 cause a widespread feeling of regret." 



Mr. Harvey's progenitors had been engaged in the 

 tobacco trade for at least a couple of generations, his grand- 

 father having purchased their well-known establishment from 

 Mildred Collingwood, the mother of the famous sailor. Lord 

 Collingwood, whose birthplace it was, some years prior to the 

 time of his decease. Mr. Harvey was the recognised " Nes- 



