| Authorised form of name | Harley; Sir; Edward (1624 - 1700); politician and parliamentarian army officer |
| Dates | 1624 - 1700 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire, England, Europe |
| Date of birth | 21 October 1624 |
| Place of death | Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire, England, Europe |
| Date of death | 8 December 1700 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Baptism:
Brampton Bryam, Herefordshire, England, Europe (24 October 1624) |
| Activity | Education:
Shrewsbury School; Gloucester School; Magdalen Hall, Oxford (matriculated 1638); Lincoln's Inn
Career:
Captain of a troop of horse in the Parliamentary Army (1642); Colonel of a regiment of foot; wounded twice; Governor of Monmouth (1644); Governor of Canon Frome, near Hereford (1645); General of Horse for the counties of Hereford and Radnor (1646); MP for Herefordshire (1646, 1656, 1660, 1679, 1681, 1689, 1693, 1695); imprisoned by the Army for supporting the King (1650); Member of the Council of state (1659); Governor of Dunkirk (1660-1661); MP for Radnor (1661); Custos Rotulorum for Herefordshire (1660), Radnor (1660-1682); Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire (1660-1682), Herefordshire and Radnor (1689-death); Governor of Worcester (1688)
Honours:
KB 1660
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 22/07/1663 |
| Proposer | Sir Robert Harley |
| Date of ejection or withdrawal | 22/07/1685 |
| RSActivity | Committee and panels:
Mechanical Committee (1664) ; Committee for Agriculture [Georgical] (1664) |
| Other Royal Society activity | Placed on list of names to be left out due to non-payment of arrears |
| Relationships | Parents: Sir Robert Harley and Brilliana Conway
Siblings: Sir Robert Harley (FRS 1661); possibly Thomas Harley (FRS 1667)
Married: 1) Mary Button; 2) Abigal Stephens
Children: Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford (FRS 1712)
Additional relatives: grandson Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (FRS 1727); cousin Edward Conway, Earl Conway (FRS 1668) |
| OtherInfo | While Harley was a parliamentarian supporter, he was improisoned twice by the army for opposing them. He supported the abolition of episcopacy and was for parliamentary control over the militia. He was noted as being hostile to James II's government and refused a seat on the Privy Council in 1688. Despite his age, he was active on behalf of William of Orange in 1688. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Foster; Hunter; Le Neve; Shaw; ODNB
Notes:
Le Neve says he was made KB in 1633, aged 9, Shaw says he was Kt 1660, KB 1661 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/27417432 |
| Code | NA8368 |