Edward Harley (1664–1735)

For other people named Edward Harley, see Edward Harley (disambiguation).

Edward Harley (7 June 1664 – 30 August 1735), of Eywood, Titley, Herefordshire, Auditor of the Imprests was the second son of Edward Harley and younger brother of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. He married Sarah Foley, third daughter of Thomas Foley. Their eldest son (Edward) succeeded as 3rd earl on the death of his brother Robert's son Edward, the 2nd earl, without male issue. Their second son was Robert who died in infancy, after which came a daughter named Abigail and finally a fourth son Robert Harley, Recorder of Leominster and twice member of Parliament for that town.

He represented Droitwich in Parliament from 1695 to 1698, after which he was a member for Leominster, almost continuously until 1722.

Sources

• thepeerage.com
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Burke's Peerage (1851 edition).
• Sarah Harley funerary monument, Brampton Bryan church, Herefordshire.

Political offices
Preceded by unknown	Auditor of the imprests 1703-?1735	Succeeded by unknown
Parliament of England
Preceded by The Lord Coote Philip Foley	Member of Parliament for Droitwich with Charles Cocks 1695–1698	Succeeded by Charles Cocks Thomas Foley
Preceded by The Lord Coningsby John Dutton Colt	Member of Parliament for Leominster with The Lord Coningsby 1698–1701	Succeeded by The Lord Coningsby John Dutton Colt
Preceded by The Lord Coningsby John Dutton Colt	Member of Parliament for Leominster with The Lord Coningsby 1701–1707	Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Parliament of England	Member of Parliament for Leominster with The Lord Coningsby 1707-1710 Edward Bangham 1710–1713 Henry Gorges 1713–1715 The Lord Coningsby 1715–1717 George Caswall 1717–1721 William Bateman 1721–1722 1707–1722	Succeeded by Sir Archer Croft, Bt Sir George Caswall