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Albert Harvey

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Albert Harvey
Birth nameAlbert Harvey
Date of birth(1843-07-23)23 July 1843
Place of birthRenfrew, Scotland
Date of death24 December 1912(1912-12-24) (aged 69)
Place of deathPrestwick, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1869- Glasgow Academicals ()
2nd President of the Scottish Rugby Union
In office
1874–1875
Preceded byJohn Chiene
Succeeded byBenjamin 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

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Amateur career

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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

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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 to 1875.

Textile career

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Deaths: Mr. Albert Harvey" (PDF), The Glasgow Academy Chronicle, vol. VII, no. XLIX, pp. 212–213, October 1911
  3. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000355/18730308/080/0009. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "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
  5. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19121204/200/0002. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ "Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936". Ancestry.
  7. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001458/18700430/038/0003. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/18880509/053/0002. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)