HARPER, JOHN, son of Miles Harper, St. James, Westminster, grocer, and Elizabeth Hudson, widow; b.; adm.; QS (aged 15) 1714; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1718, adm. pens. 11 Jun 1718, scholar 11 Jul 1719; 6th in “ordo” 1721/2; BA 1721/2; adm. Middle Temple 21 Sep 1724, called to bar 24 Nov 1727. [note John Harper, Stamp Office, will proved PCC 6 Apr 1768]

HARPER, ARTHUR, son of Robert John Harper (qv); b. 7 Jan 1810; adm. 16 Apr 1823 (Stelfox's); left Bartholomewtide 1826; Ensign, 9th Foot 17 Jan 1828; Lieut., 22 Oct 1830; Capt., 17 Oct 1837; retd. 28 Aug 1838; of New Lodge, Needwood, Staffs.; d. 1 Sep 1838.

Harmsworth, Robert Lovel St. John, brother of Sir Alfred Leicester St. Barbe Harmsworth (q.v.); b. Nov. 29, 1898; adm. Jan. 16, 1913 (R); left Easter 1915; d. Sept. 15, 1920.

Harmsworth, Sir Harold Cecil Aubrey, brother of Alfred Leicester St. Barbe Harmsworth (q.v.); b. June 13, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (R); left July 1914; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1915; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A.; transferred to R.M.A.; temp. Lieut. April 20, 1918, and served at Mudros, Dardanelles, S. Russia, and Bosphorus in Great War I; a director of The Daily Sketch and Sunday Herald, Ltd., and of the Western Morning News Co. Ltd., etc.; knighted 1935; d. Sept. 7, 1952.

Harmsworth, Sir Alfred Leicester St. Barbe, Bart., eldest son of Sir Robert Leicester Harmsworth, Bart., M. P., of Hyde Park, by Annie Louisa, eldest daughter of Thomas Scott, of Clapham, Surrey; b. Nov. 26, 1892; adm. Jan. 18, 1906 (R); left J uly 1910; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1910; B.A. 1913; adm. to the Middle Temple Oct. 31, 1912; served in Great War I; Rifleman Queen Victoria's Rifles Sept. 2, 1914; temp. 2nd Lieut. 16th Batt. the Gloucs Regt. Jan. 18, 1915; severely wounded at Thiepval Aug. 16, 1916; Lieut. July 1, 1917; Asst. Embarkation Staff Officer with rank of Capt. Sept. 12, 1918; gazetted out of the service owing to ill health caused by wounds Feb. 8, 1919; succeeded his father as 2nd Bart., Jan. 19, 1937; m. July 2, 1936, Margaret Florence Ivy Hall; d. 1962.

HARLOWE, THOMAS, son of John Harlowe, City of London; b.; adm.; QS; failed to obtain election to either University 1599; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Feb 1599/1600, aged 17, Canoneer Student 1599 – c. 1611; BA 1603; MA 1606; adm. Middle Temple 28 Nov 1606.

HARLING, WILLIAM, son of Christopher Harling, Carlisle; b. ; in school list 1731; KS (aged 14) 1733; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1738, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1738, scholar 14 May 1739; BA 1741/2; MA 1745; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1744, Major Fellow 5 Apr 1745; Clerk, Secretary of State’s Office, Jun 1742-8. [presumably Rev. William Harling MA, Rector of Kilkhampton, Cornwall, will proved PCC 24 Mar 1764]

HARLEY, HON. WILLIAM, fifth son of Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford (qv); b. 30 May 1733; adm. Apr 1743 (Watts'); left 1749; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Dec 1749, Canoneer Student 22 Dec 1749 – void 20 Jun 1758, expiry year of grace as R. Everley; BA 1753; MA 1756; ordained; Rector of Everley, Wiltshire, from 2 Jul 1757; Vicar of Uffington, Berks., 29 Oct 1763- Jan 1769; Vicar of Old Sodbury, Gloucs., from Jan 1769; Prebendary of York from 10 Feb 1762 and of Worcester from 15 Dec 1764; d. 8 Jul 1769.

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, 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.