Albert Harvey
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Birth name | Albert Harvey | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 23 July 1843 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Renfrew, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 24 December 1912 | (aged 69)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Prestwick, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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2nd President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||
In office 1874–1875 | |||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | John Chiene | ||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Benjamin Blyth II | ||||||||||||||||
Albert Harvey (23 July 1843 – 24 December 1912) was a Scottish rugby union player, and later a textile merchant. He was a founder of the Scottish Rugby Union and its second President.
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
Harvey played for Glasgow Academicals from the 1869-70 season.[1]
In 1870, he was part of the Glasgow Academicals side which went to England to play Liverpool and Manchester.[2]
Administrative career[]
Harvey and the Glasgow Academicals captain, John Arthur, were on the committee that formed the Scottish Rugby Union in 1873, which was originally known as the Scottish Football Union.[3] He was President of the SRU from 1874-75.
Textile career[]
Harvey had a career in textiles and was in the Incorporation of Weavers in Glasgow.[4] He was a Director of the Borneo Company in London and the Northern Assurance Company in Glasgow.[2]
Days before his death on 24 December 1912 he was named as a Trustee in the West of Scotland American Investment Company. It was seeking more debenture capital from the public in an advert in The Scotsman newspaper.[5]
Death[]
Harvey died suddenly while playing golf at Prestwick on 24 December 1912.[2] The value of his estate was a sizeable £27251, 2 shillings and 2d.[6]
Outside of rugby[]
Harvey remained closely connected with The Glasgow Academy.[2] He was a judge at their Sports day in 1870.[7] He was a Steward at their Sports Day in 1888.[8] Attending the Academy was a family tradition among his sons and nephews.[2]
He was also an enthusiastic sportsman. Harvey golfed and fished.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c d e f "Deaths: Mr. Albert Harvey" (PDF), The Glasgow Academy Chronicle, VII (XLIX), pp. 212–213, October 1911
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(help) - ^ "Institutions: Incorporation of Weavers of Glasgow", Post Office Glasgow Directory for 1908-1909, Glasgow, Scotland: Aird & Coghill Ltd., 1908, p. 1766, retrieved 13 August 2020
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(help) - ^ "Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936". Ancestry.
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- 1843 births
- 1912 deaths
- Glasgow Academicals rugby union players
- Presidents of the Scottish Rugby Union
- Rugby union players from Renfrew
- Scottish rugby union players