Paul Harvey (diplomat)

Sir Henry Paul Harvey KCMG CB (born Durant; 1 October 1869 – 30 December 1948)[1] was a British diplomat and editor of literary reference works.

Born in Paris, Harvey was the illegitimate child of the French sculptor Henri Joseph François, Baron de Triqueti and the English sculptor Susan Durant.

[2][3] After his mother died in 1873 when he was 4 years old, he was brought up by Blanche Lee Childe, his aunt[4] or half-sister;[3] when Childe also died in 1886, he was sponsored by Augusta, Lady Gregory with help from Henry James.

[4] Educated at Rugby School and New College, Oxford,[3] he married Ethel Frances Persse, daughter of Col. Edward Persse, in 1896.

[6] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1901 and a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1911.