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HARCOURT-VERNON, GRANVILLE EDWARD, eldest son of Granville Harcourt-Vernon (qv), and his first wife; b. 23 Nov 1816; adm. 16 Sep 1829 (Stikeman's); KS 1830; Capt. of the School 1834; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1835, matr. 4 Jun 1835, Westminster Student; BA 1839; MA 1842; Private Secretary to Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans (qv), when Chief Secretary for Ireland, and to Earl of Lincoln MP, when Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests and Chief Secretary for Ireland; MP (Peelite) Newark 1852-7; m. 23 Nov 1854 Lady Selina Catherine Meade, only dau. of Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam PC GCH, Ambassador at Berlin; d. 1 Feb 1861.

HARCOURT-VERNON, GRANVILLE, seventh son of Hon. Edward Harcourt (qv); b. 26 Jul 1792; adm. Bartholomewtide 1804; KS (Capt. ) 1805; Capt. of the School 1809; spoke the Prologue to the Phormio in 1809, when the new scenes given by William Carey (qv) were first used; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1810, matr. 8 Jun 1810, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics and 1st cl. Mathematics 1813; BA 1814; MA 1816; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Dec 1811, called to bar 12 May 1817; Chancellor, Diocese of York 1818-68; MP Aldborough 4 May 1815-20, East Retford 1831-47; assumed surname of Harcourt-Vernon in lieu of Venables-Vernon; of Grove Park, Notts.; m. 1st, 22 Feb 1814 Frances Julia, dau. of Anthony Hardolph Eyre MP, Grove Park, Notts.; m. 2nd, 22 Nov 1845 Hon. Pyne Jesse Brand, widow of John Henry Cotterell, and dau. of Henry Otway Brand, 22nd Baron Dacre CB, Lieut. -Gen. in Army, Col. 31st Foot; d. 8 Dec 1879.

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, 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, 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.

HARPUR, SIR HENRY, BART., son of Sir Henry Harpur, Bart. MP, Calke Abbey, Derbs., and Lady Caroline Manners, dau. of John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland KG; b.; succ. his father as 6th baronet 7 Jun 1748; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1749 (Price's); in school list 1754; Grand Tour (at Turin in 1758); of Calke Abbey, Derbs.; MP Derbyshire 1761-8; High Sheriff, Derbyshire 1774; m. 17 Jul 1762 Lady Frances Elizabeth Greville, dau. of Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick; d. 10 Feb 1789.

HARRISON, HENRY, second son of Henry Harrison, Holywood House, Holywood, co. Down, and Letitia, dau. of Robert James Tennent MP, Rush Park, Belfast; stepson of Hartley Withers (qv); b. 17 Dec 1867; adm. 9 May 1881 ( R), exhibitioner; QS 8 Jun 1882; left Jul 1886; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Jan 1887; MP (Irish Nationalist) Mid Tipperary 1890-2; known in House of Commons as “Parnell’s stripling”; served 1914-18 war; 2nd Lieut., 3rd batt., Royal Irish Regt.; Lieut., 9 Aug 1916; MC 11 Dec 1916, bar 18 Feb 1918; OBE 8 Jan 1919; Secretary, Irish Dominion League 1920-1; Dublin correspondent, The Economist 1922-7; editor, Irish Truth (weekly) 1924-7; author, Parnell Vindicated : the Lifting of the Veil, 1931, Parnell, Joseph Chamberlain and Mr Garvin, 1938, Parnell, Joseph Chamberlain and The Times 1953; hon. LLD Dublin 1953; m. 21 Jan 1895 Maie, dau. of J. C. Byrne, New York, USA; d. 20 Feb 1954. DNB.