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.
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.
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]
HARLOW, GEORGE HENRY, “posthumous son of a China merchant” [was father EICS Canton ?]; b. 10 Jan 1787; at school under Vincent, “for a short time” (Cunningham, British Painters, ii, 312); studied under Henry De Cort, landscape painter, and Samuel Drummond, portrait painter; in Sir Thomas Lawrence’s studio for about eighteen months; exhibited at Royal Academy 1804 onwards; painter of portraits and historical pictures; his picture, Trial of Queen Katharine, containing portraits of Mrs Siddons and the Kembles, subsequently engraved by George Clint, was exhibited in 1817; visited Italy to study Old Master paintings there 1818, being elected a member of the Accademia di S. Luca in Rome and painting his own portrait for the Uffizi Gallery in Florence; returned to London Jan 1819; d. 4 Feb 1819. DNB.
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.
HARMAN, ---; b.; in school list 1754.
HARMAN, ---; b.; adm. after Oct 1803; left 1806.
HARMAN, SAMUEL, son of Samuel Harman, St. James’s, Westminster, and Ann ---; b. 22 Feb 1787; adm. 19 Jan 1796; in school lists 1797, 1801; left before May 1803.
HARMAN, SAMUEL, only son of Samuel Harman, Antigua, Chief Commissioner of Army Accounts, West Indies, and Mary Anne, dau. of James Athill, London; b. Antigua 5 Aug 1788; at school under Vincent; at Winchester Coll. 1804-8; Deputy Comptroller of Customs, Martinique; Master in Chancery and Chief Baron of the Exchequer [there ?]; m. St. Michael, Barbados, 28 Nov 1816 Dorothy Bruce, dau. of William Murray, HM Customs, Barbados; d. at Philadelphia, USA 8 Mar 1841. [But see Harman, Samuel, 1787-?: was this Samuel Harman really a OW ?]
HARMAN, WILLIAM, brother of Samuel Harman (adm. 1796, qv); b. 31 May 1788; adm. 19 Jan 1796 (Clapham); in school list 1797; at school 1799; entered Royal Navy 30 Mar 1800; Lieut. , 24 Mar 1807; killed in action with French frigate Gloire off The Lizard 18 Dec 1812.