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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]
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.