Sir James Harvey (died 1583) was an English merchant who was Lord Mayor of London in 1581.
Harvey was the son of William Harvey of Cotwalton (aliter Cott Walton[1] / Walton-in-Stone), near Stone, Staffordshire.
[2] He purchased Wangey House, Dagenham from Clement Sysley of Eastbury House in 1571,[3] and the manor of Winterbourne Monkton, Wiltshire in 1577.
[6] Sir James Harvey married Agnes Gent, the daughter of Count Sebastian Gent of Antwerp.
They had three sons and three daughters:[7] He died in 1583 and was buried at St Dionis Backchurch, London.