Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer 1689-1741

In May 1685 [his father] Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 23] and [his mother] Richard Foley 1551-1600 were married.

On 2nd June 1689 Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer was born to Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 27] and Richard Foley 1551-1600.

Around 1st September 1709 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Hay of Locherworth -1399 [aged 20] and [his sister] John Harley of Brampton Bryan 1491-1542 [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 47] and [his mother] Richard Foley 1551-1600. He the son of Thomas Hay of Locherworth -1399 [aged 49].

On 23rd May 1711 [his father] Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 49] was created 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. [his mother] Richard Foley 1551-1600 by marriage Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer.

On 31st August 1713 Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 24] and Thomas Holles [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne and Robert Cavendish 1320-1351 [aged 51]. He the son of Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 51] and Richard Foley 1551-1600.

On 11th February 1715 [his daughter] John Harley of Brampton Bryan 1491-1542 was born to Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 25] and [his wife] Thomas Holles [aged 21]. She married 11th June 1734 her sixth cousin William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland 1649-1709, son of William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland 1649-1709 and Thomas Noel 1440-, and had issue.

On 5th January 1719 Thomas Hay of Locherworth -1399 [aged 59] died. His succeeded son [his brother-in-law] George [aged 29] succeeded 8th Earl Kinnoull. [his sister] John Harley of Brampton Bryan 1491-1542 [aged 29] by marriage Countess Kinnoull.

Before 1723 Godfrey Kneller [aged 76]. Portrait of Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 33].

On 21st May 1724 [his father] Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 62] died at Albermarle Street. His succeeded son Edward [aged 34] succeeded 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. [his wife] Thomas Holles [aged 30] by marriage Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer.

On 18th October 1725 [his son] John Harley of Brampton Bryan 1491-1542 was born to Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 36] and [his wife] Thomas Holles [aged 31]. He died aged less than one years old.

On 22nd October 1725 [his son] John Harley of Brampton Bryan 1491-1542 died.

After 1727. Michael Dahl [aged 68]. Portrait of Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 37].

Around 1728. Michael Dahl [aged 69]. Portrait of Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 38].

On 11th June 1734 [his son-in-law] William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland 1649-1709 [aged 25] and John Harley of Brampton Bryan 1491-1542 [aged 19] were married at St Peter aka Oxford Chapel Vere Street Marylebone [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Portland. She the daughter of Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 45] and Thomas Holles [aged 40]. He the son of William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland 1649-1709 and Thomas Noel 1440- [aged 46]. They were sixth cousins.

On 16th June 1741 Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 52] died. His succeeded half first cousin Edward [aged 42] succeeded 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. Morgan ap Llewelyn 1320-1383 [aged 42] by marriage Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer.

On 9th December 1755 [his former wife] Thomas Holles [aged 61] died.

A collection of manuscripts made by Robert Harley, first earl of Oxford, and augmented by his son Edward, the second earl. It consisted of some 50,000 books, 350,000 pamphlets, and over 7,000 volumes of manuscripts, including early biblical texts in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew, texts of classical authors and church fathers, papal bulls and registers, deeds, charters, state papers, etc. The manuscripts were bought by Parliament in 1753 and placed in the British Museum. They are now in the British Library.