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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.

Harley, John Ralph Henry, second son of Robert William Daker Harley (q.v.); b. Oct. 5, 1888; adm. April 21, 1904 (R); left July 1907; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Highland Light Infantry Oct. 16, 1914; Lieut. Dec. 12, 1915; Capt. Jan. 1, 1917; served in France, Mesopotamia, and Persia; mentioned in despatches L. G. March 12, 1918; a member of the Herefordshire County Council 1923; High Sheriff 1928; Master of the Teme Valley Foxhounds 1933-45; D. L. Herefordshire 1915; served in Great War II as Major, Royal Welch Fusiliers; m. Dec. 4, 1915, Rachel Mary, daughter of Charles James Paul Gwyer, of Eywood Tidey, co. Hereford; d. Jan. 18, 1960.

HARLEY, HON. JOHN, third son of Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford (qv); b. 29 Sep 1728; adm. Apr 1736 (Armfeild's); left 1746; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Jan 1746/7; BA 1749; MA 1752; BD and DD 1778; ordained; Minister of Marylebone, Middlesex; Rector of Presteigne, Radnorshire, 20 Nov 1752 – Dec 1787; Prebendary of Hereford 1 Jul 1756-Feb 1760, Archdeacon of Shropshire 11 Feb 1760- Jan 1769, Archdeacon of Hereford 19 Jan 1769 – Dec 1787; Rector of Haseley, Oxfordshire, from 18 Feb 1779; Dean of Windsor (and Wolverhampton) from 12 Jan 1778; consecrated Bishop of Hereford 9 Dec 1787; m. 22 Mar 1770 Roach, dau. of Gwynne Vaughan, Trebarry, Radnorshire; d. 9 Jan 1788.

HARLEY, JOHN, son of John Harley, London; b.; adm. 12 Jun 1770; KS (aged 16) 1773; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1777, adm. pens. 28 May 1777, scholar 15 May 1778, matr. Easter 1778; buried St. Michael’s, Cambridge 7 Jan 1781. [perhaps son of John Harley, and Elizabeth ---, b. 9 Jan 1757, bapt. St. Marylebone PC 31 Jan 1757 (IGI)]

Harley, Robert d'Arcy Conington, son of Col. Sir Robert William Harley, K.C.M.G., C. B., by Annie, daughter of Henry Francis Conington, of Ranby Hall, Lincs; b. Jan. 4, 1870; adm. Sept. 25, 1884 (R); left April 1887.

HARLEY, ROBERT WILLIAM DAKER, eldest son of John Harley, Ross Hall, Shropshire, and Anna Maria Platt, dau. of Robert Smith, Pontypool, Monmouthshire; b. 3 Apr 1846; adm. 28 Sep 1860 (James'); rowed v. Eton 28 Jul 1864; left Aug 1865; Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 20 Oct 1865, matr. Mich. 1865; succeeded to estates of Earls of Oxford under the will of Jane, Lady Langdale, daughter of Edward Harley, 5th Earl of Oxford (qv); of Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire; DL JP Herefordshire, High Sheriff 1883; JP Shropshire 1880, also JP Radnorshire; m. 17 Dec 1878 Hon. Patience Annie Rodney, only dau. of Robert Dennett Rodney, 6th Baron Rodney; d. 13 Nov 1907.

HARLEY, HON. ROBERT, second son of Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford (qv); b. 10 Sep 1727; adm. May 1735; left 1743; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 Nov 1744; MA 28 Jun 1748; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Feb 1746/7, called to bar 21 Nov 1751; Recorder of Tewkesbury from 1756 (?); d. unm. 12 Jan 1760.

HARLEY, ROBERT, son of Edward Harley (adm. under Busby, qv); b.; in under school lists 1715-9; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 5 Mar 1722/3, aged 16; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Apr 1724, called to bar 2 Jun 1738, refused to become Bencher 23 Jan 1751; Recorder of Leominster from 1732, also Recorder of Tewkesbury from 1764 (?); MP Leominster 1734-41, 25 Mar 1742-7, Droitwich from 1754; d. unm. 14 Mar 1774.

HARLEY, HON. THOMAS, fourth son of Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford (qv); b. 24 Aug 1730; adm. Apr 1738; left 1748; entered office of a London merchant; soon after marriage set up in business as a wine merchant in Aldersgate Street; banker, firm Raymond, Harley, Webber & Co., George Street, Mansion House, London (afterwards Thomas Harley, Cameron & Sons), 1778-97; MP City of London 1761-74, Herefordshire 22 May 1776-1802; Alderman, Portsoken Ward, City of London 5 May 1761 – May 1785, Bridge Without Ward (and “Father of the City”) from 31 May 1785, Sheriff 1763-4, Lord Mayor 1767-8; Prime Warden, Goldsmiths’ Co. 1762-3; as Sheriff caused No. 45 of the North Briton to be burnt at the Royal Exchange 3 Dec 1763; Privy Councillor 27 May 1768, in recognition of his services during the Wilkesite riots, being the first Lord Mayor admitted to the Privy Council in modern times; a prominent supporter of the Court party in the City; President, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, from 1770; member, Committee of the Privy Council for India and Foreign Plantations 5 Mar 1784 – 23 Aug 1786; of Berrington Hall, Leominster, Herefs.; Lord Lieut., Radnorshire, from 8 Apr 1791; m. 16 Mar 1754 Anne, dau. of Edward Bangham MP, Deputy Auditor of the Imprest; d. 1 Dec 1804. DNB.