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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.
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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.