British Offices and Honours
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The Right Honourable Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, K.G., P.C.

  • Born: 5 December 1661
  • Died: 21 May 1724

Known as[]

  • 1661-1689: Mr. Robert Harley
  • 1689-1704: Mr. Robert Harley, M.P.
  • 1704-1711: The Rt. Hon. Robert Harley, M.P.
  • 1711-1712: The Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, P.C.
  • 1712-1724: The Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, K.G., P.C.

Education[]

  • Inner Temple

Offices[]

Peerage Titles[]

  • Earl of Oxford and Mortimer and Baron Harley, 1711

Chivalric Orders[]

Privy Council[]

Parliamentary Seats[]

  • Member of Parliament for Tregony, 1689-1690
  • Member of Parliament for Radnor, 1690-1711

Parliamentary Positions[]


Preceded by:
Sir Charles Hedges
Secretary of State for the Northern Department
1704–1708
Succeeded by:
Henry Boyle
Preceded by:
The Earl Poulett
(First Lord of the Treasury)
Lord High Treasurer
1711–1714
Succeeded by:
The Duke of Shrewsbury
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