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Name: HARVEY, Robert Grenville 2nd Bart., Sir
Birth Date: 1 July 1856 Langley Park, Langley, Bucks.
Death Date: 4 Apr 1931 Langley Park, Langley, Bucks.
First Date: 1881 first visited then returned 5 years later
Profession: Explorer, hazardous expedition to Kilimanjaro with Sir J. Willoughby
Area: Zanzibar, Kenya, Tanganyika & Sudan
Married: In London 1893 Hon. Emily Blanche Oliphant Murray b. 20 Dec 1872 Eddlestone, Peebles, d. 21 Oct 1955 London (dau of 1st Viscount Elibank)
Children: Diana Blanche (Balfour) (1897); Caroline Magdalen (Oppenheimer) (1899)
Book Reference: Gillett, Red 22, Eton, Chandler, Debrett
School: Eton
General Information:
Red 22 - Major R. Harvey, Dar es Salaam
Eton - Sir Robert Grenville Harvey Bart. of Langley Park, Slough; late Capt. 3rd Bucks Militia. married dau. of Lord Elibank
Chandler - A British explorer and hunter in Kenya, he accompanied Sir John Willoughby and H.C.V. Hunter on an 1886 safari around Taveta, near Kilimanjaro. This hunting trip was guided by James Martin of Thomson eexpedition fame.