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Edward Harley

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 2 June 1689

Died: 16 June 1741

Peerages

Baron Harley - 23 May 1711

2nd Earl of Oxford - 21 May 1724

son of Robert Harley

son of Elizabeth Foley

husband of Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles

Education

Westminster School

Christ Church, Oxford

Elections fought

16 July 1711		New Radnor Boroughs		Unopposed
8 September 1713		New Radnor Boroughs		Unopposed
31 January 1715		Bishop's Castle	Tory
2 February 1715		New Radnor Boroughs	Tory
29 March 1722		Cambridgeshire	Tory	1,494	61.29
21 May 1724 Succession of Baron Harley to the Peerage - 2nd Earl of Oxford.