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HARINGTON, SIR JAMES, BART., son of Richard Harington, Iver, Bucks., and Margaret, dau. of William Lane, Cowley, Middlesex; b.; succ. great-uncle as 6th baronet 27 Mar 1716; adm. (aged 12) May 1719; in under school list 1721; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Jun 1724; m. 1st, Katherine, dau. of William Boucher, Middle Temple, barrister; m. 2nd, 15 Feb 1776, Elizabeth Moore (IGI), widow, Newton, Somerset; m. 3rd, Elizabeth, dau. of William Wright, Little Ilford, Essex; d. 24 Jan 1782.

HARINGTON, RICHARD, second son of Sir James Harington, Bart. (adm. 1719, qv), and his first wife; b. 11 Apr 1729; adm. May 1744 (Ludford's); left 1745; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr, 22 Mar 1745/6; migrated to Queen’s Coll. Oxford; BA 1749; MA 1759; ordained deacon 5 Jun 1757, priest 21 Aug 1757 (both Oxford); Rector of Albury, Oxfordshire 30 Aug 1757-9; Rector of Powderham, Devon 5 May 1759-84; Rector of Whitstone, Devon, from 29 Apr 1784; m. 1st, Jane, dau. of Arthur Champernowne (qv); m. 2nd, 1 Jun 1773 (IGI) Hannah Hussey, Truro, Cornwall; m. 3rd, 31 Dec 1791 Elizabeth, widow of William Hallett, Cannons, Middlesex, and dau. of Abraham Chambers, New Bond Street, London, and Totteridge, Herts., banker; d. 21 Apr 1813.

HARINGTON, ROBERT, brother of Edward Harington (qv); b. 26 Apr 1868; adm. 23 Sep 1880 (D, afterwards R); left Aug 1884; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. 17 Jan 1887, matr. Lent 1887; BA 1891; MA 1896; Wells Theol. Coll. 1891; ordained deacon (Hereford)1893, priest (Gloucester) 1894; Curate, Bewdley, Worcs., 1893, Ross, Herefs., 1893-7; Rector of Peterstow, Herefs., 5 Sep 1897-1912; Rector of Whitbourne, Herefs., from 1912; d. unm. 28 Dec 1933.

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.