Lord Robert Harley
Birth Notes: Bow Street, Noted events in his life were: • He attended school in Shilton, , Oxfordshire, England. • He worked as a Member of House of Commons for Tregony in Apr 1689 in Tregony, Cornwall, England. • Other: involved in the establishment of the National Land Bank, 1696, England, United Kingdom. • He worked as a Speaker of the House of Commons from 11 Feb 1701 to 1705 in England, United Kingdom. • He worked as a Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1710 in England, United Kingdom. • He worked as a Baron Harley, of Wigmore on 24 May 1711 in England, United Kingdom. • He worked as an Earl of Oxford on 24 May 1711 in England, United Kingdom. • He worked as an Earl of Mortimer on 24 May 1711 in England, United Kingdom. • He worked as a Lord High Treasurer of England on 29 May 1711 in England, United Kingdom. • Conviction: High Treason by House of Lords, 10 Jun 1715, Tower Of London, London, Middlesex, England. • Imprisoned: 16 Jul 1715-1 Jul 1717, Tower Of London, London, Middlesex, England. • Acquitted: public trial by Peers, 1 Jul 1717, England, United Kingdom. • Other: Owner of Oxford Dun Arabian racehorse. Robert married Edith Foley, daughter of Thomas Foley and Elizabeth Ashe, on 14 May 1685 in Witley Court, Worcestershire, England. (Edith Foley was born about 1663 in Witley Court, Worcestershire, England and died on 30 Nov 1691.) Robert next married Sarah Middleton, daughter of Simon Middleton and UNKNOWN, on 4 Oct 1694 in <England>.1 (Sarah Middleton was born about 1665 in Hackney, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom and died in Jun.) Marriage Notes: Not married. Child of sister of Sarah Middleton. Robert next had a relationship with Middleton, daughter of Simon Middleton and UNKNOWN. Marriage Notes: It is beleived that Thomas may be the son of Lord Robert Harley and his wife's sister from a now lost diary (possibly Elizabeth's Harley's). There is also a Thomas Harley on the willof Lord Robert. However, there is no more solid proof that this is the correct Thomas or that Elizabeth was correct. |
1 Other Researchers, Hamish Maclaren. http://www.gencircles.com/users/hmaclaren.
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