This book covers the history of the family from 1578 until the 1950s. Five of Thomas Harvey's seven sons followed their father in becoming merchants in the City of London, trading in silks and spices. The eldest son was William Harvey, the noted physician who discovered the circulation of the blood in 1628. He was physician to Charles I and was with the King at the Battle of Edgehill in 1642. The fifth generation of the Harvey family included Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey who commanded the Temeraire at Trafalgar. The family lived at Rolls Park, Chigwell, Essex for over 200 years, where they amassed a collection of art, although this was dispersed after the death of the Admiral in 1830. By 1953 Rolls Park was in decline and very little remains today. The book contains new material including previously unpublished letters about the Admiral's role at Trafalgar and his daughter Louisa's relationship with the Duke of Wellington. Appendix B contains coffin inscriptions in the Harvey vault at St Andrew's Church, Hempstead, Essex. Appendix C gives details of Harvey family monumental inscriptions in the Harvey Chapel of that church. There are a few black and white and colour illustrations, a bibliography and an index.