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They had two children. Their son, Henry Cavendish Harley, Lord Harley, lived only four days. Their only child to attain maturity was Margaret (1715–1785), and so whilst Margaret inherited most of the combined Holles-Harley fortunes on her parents' deaths, the title of Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer passed to Edward's cousin (also Edward).
Method: Copper engraving: Artist: George Vertue after Michael Dahl: Published: Dimensions: Image 341 x 215 mm, Sheet 361 x 226 mm: Notes: Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (1689-1741), Patron of letters and collector
William Morgan (grandfather) Parent (s) Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. Martha Morgan. Education. Westminster School. Alma mater. Christ Church, Oxford. Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, FRS (2 September 1726 – 11 October 1790), styled Lord Harley from 1741 to 1755, was a British peer and Tory politician.
Earl of Oxford. Earl of Oxford is a dormant title in the Peerage of England, first created for Aubrey de Vere by the Empress Matilda in 1141. His family was to hold the title for more than five and a half centuries, until the death of the 20th Earl in 1703. The de Veres were also hereditary holders of the office of Master Chamberlain of England ...
Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer und 2. Baron Harley , wurde dadurch Mitglied des britischen House of Lords und schied dafür aus dem House of Commons aus. Von 1728 bis 1741 hatte er das Amt des High Steward of Cambridge inne. 1733 wurde er Vizepräsident des George’s Hospital , London, und 1739 Gouverneur des Foundling Hospital , London.
Edward Harley entered Christ Church, Oxford in 1707 and succeeded to the title as 2nd Earl of Oxford in 1724. He was a patron of Pope , Swift , Prior and Vertue . His great library, started by his father and described by Samuel Johnson as excelling any offered for sale, was dispersed in 1742, but the celebrated (Harleian) manuscripts were bought for the British Museum in 1753 from the dowager ...
John Harley. Roach Vaughan. Edward Harley, 5th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (20 February 1773 – 28 December 1848) was an English peer. Harley was the son of John Harley (dean of Windsor) and Roach Vaughan. Edward succeeded to the titles and estates (including the Harley family seat at Brampton Bryan) of his father's elder brother Edward ...
