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HARKNESS, WILLIAM, son of James Harkness, St. Ives, Hunts.; b.; adm. (aged 14) Jun 1747 (Gibson's); left 1747; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Jan 1746/7; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matr. Dec 1750, scholar 1752; of Ely, Cambs.; “of the Cambridge Militia” [check]; d. 18 Jul 1775.

HARLAND, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1717/8; left 1718.

Harley, Douglas Bruce, son of William Harley of Glasgow and Ann Christina, d. of Michael Walker of Glasgow; b. 7 June 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (B); left July 1940; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. 1941, BA 1946; Courtaulds 1946-68, marketing dir.; dir. Dominion Textile Internat., Switzerland, 1968-; m. 1st, 4 Jan. 1947 Judith Ann, d. of Sir Leonard Cecil Paton CBE MC, chmn., Harrisons & Crosfield Ltd., of Brighton, Sussex; 2nd, 8 May 1971 Anne Rosemary, d. of Francis Harry Edward Phillips LRIBA, of Ashurst, Southampton, Hants; d. 2013.

HARLEY, EDWARD, second son of Sir Edward Harley KB MP, Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire, and his second wife Abigail, dau. of Nathaniel Stephens, Eastington, Gloucs.; b. 7 Jun 1664; at school under Busby (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1728/9); adm. Middle Temple 18 Mar 1681/2, called to bar 25 May 1688; took active part in revolution of 1688; Recorder of Leominster 1692-1732; MP Droitwich 1695-8, Leominster 1698-1700, 8 Apr 1701-22; Auditor of the Imprest from 1702; author, The Harmony of the Four Gospels, 1733, and other works; m. Sarah, third dau. of Thomas Foley MP, Witley Court, Worcs.; d. 30 Aug 1735. DNB. ] [Thus Russell Barker & Stenning, but he was at school in Oxfordshire to c. 1681, and it seems more likely that the Steward of the Anniversary Dinner in 1728/9 was his son, Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford (at school under Freind, qv), although the 3rd Earl was also Steward in 1754]

HARLEY, EDWARD, 2ND EARL OF OXFORD, only son of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford PC KG, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord High Treasurer, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Foley MP, Witley Court, Worcs.; nephew of Edward Harley (at school under Busby, qv); b. 2 Jun 1689; at school under Knipe; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Oct 1707; MA 2 Jan 1711/2; DCL 4 Jun 1730; MP New Radnor 16 Jul 1711-5, Cambridgeshire 1722 – 21 May 1724; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Oxford 21 May 1724; FRS 23 Nov 1727; High Steward of Cambridge from 1728; friend of Pope, Swift and Matthew Prior (qv), and patron of George Vertue and Oldys; added very considerably to his father’s collection of books and manuscripts; also collected pictures, prints and coins; his Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, estate was sold in 1740 to Lord Hardwicke to pay off his debts; his miscellaneous curiosities, coins, medals and portraits were sold by auction in March 1741/2; the books, pamphlets and prints were purchased the same year by the bookseller Thomas Osborne; the manuscripts were sold to the nation in 1753 and are now the Harleian MSS in the British Library; Busby Trustee 18 Feb 1725/6; the letters to him from his Oxford tutor William Stratford (qv), which make frequent allusions to the School, are calendared HMC Portland MSS, vol. vii; m. 31 Oct 1713 Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles, only dau. of John Holles, 4th Earl of Clare (afterwards 1st Duke of Newcastle); d. 16 Jun 1741. Buried Duke of Newcastle’s vault, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

HARLEY, EDWARD, 4TH EARL OF OXFORD, eldest son of Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford (qv); b. 2 Sep 1726; adm. May 1735; left 1744; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 Nov 1744; MA 1747; DCL 12 Apr 1749; MP Herefordshire 1747 – 11 Apr 1755; succ. father as 4th Earl of Oxford 11 Apr 1755; Trustee, British Museum, from 1755; High Steward of Hereford from 1755; a Lord of the Bedchamber to George III from 9 Dec 1760; Lord Lieut., Radnorshire, from 12 Jul 1766; DL Herefordshire 1757; m. 11 Jul 1751 Susannah, eldest dau. of William Archer (formerly Eyre) MP, Welford, Berkshire; d. 8 Oct 1790.

HARLEY, EDWARD, 5TH EARL OF OXFORD, elder son of Hon. John Harley (adm. 1736, qv); b. 20 Feb 1773; adm. 14 Feb 1785; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Jan 1791; MA 1792; DCL 1793; succ. uncle as 5th Earl of Oxford 8 Oct 1790; supported Whig party in House of Lords; DL Radnorshire 1831; m. 3 Mar 1794 Jane Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. James Scott, Rector of St. Laurence with St. John, Southampton; d. 28 Dec 1848.

HARLEY, EDWARD, 3RD EARL OF OXFORD, son of Edward Harley (at school under Busby, qv); b.; at school under Freind (Beresford); references to Harley at school will be found in HMC Portland MSS iv, 459, 492, 533, from which it appears that he was a boarder at Mrs Beresford’s and that he was suddenly sent home during the Sacheverell riots, when the mob “threatened to tear her house down and broke the windows”; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Feb 1716/7, aged 17; MA 2 May 1721; DCL 17 May 1737; MP Herefordshire 1727 – 16 Jun 1741; succ. cousin as 3rd Earl of Oxford 16 Jun 1741; High Steward of Hereford from 1746; Trustee, British Museum, from 1753; Busby Trustee 30 Mar 1743; gave £100 for the building of the new College Dormitory; m. 16 Mar 1724/5 Martha, dau. of John Morgan MP, Tredegar, Monmouthshire; d. 11 Apr 1755.