Robert Hervey (August 10, 1820 – December 16, 1903) was the third mayor of

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in 1849.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847–1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 2005) He was a Canadian and later American lawyer. He was born in

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in 1820. He came to

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where he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1842. He partnered in a law practice in Bytown with John Bower Lewis. Hervey was mayor at the time of the

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where supporters of Hervey, a

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, clashed with

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in what is now the Byward Market area. In 1852, he moved to

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, where he continued to practice law. He was one of the founding members of the

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1820 births 1903 deaths Mayors of Bytown Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario Canadian lawyers Immigrants to Upper Canada {{Ontario-mayor-stub