Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
- Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (2 September 1726 – 11 October 1790), styled Lord Harley from 1741 to 1755, was the eldest son and heir of Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer and succeeded to his father's titles on his death in 1755. He was elected as MP for Herefordshire in at the 1747 general election and served until he succeeded to the peeerage. He was High Steward of Hereford from 1755, a Lord of the Bedchamber from 1760,and Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire from 1766, all until his death.
He left no issue, so that his title passed to his nephew Edward Harley, 5th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, the eldest son of John Harley, Dean of Windsor and then Bishop of Hereford.
References
*Rayment
*"Burkes Peerage and Baronetage" (1851 edition)
*GEC, "Complete Peerage" X, 269.
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