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Family and Education
b. 21 Oct. 1624, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Robert Harley* of Brampton Bryan, being 1st s. with 3rd w. Brilliana, da. of Sir Edward Conway†, 1st Visct. Conway; bro. of Robert Harley*.HMC Portland, iii. 266; Collins, Peerage, iv. 60. educ. Gloucester sch.; Shrewsbury sch.; Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 2 Nov. 1638; L. Inn 18 May 1641.Add. 70089, draft biography of Edward Harley, p. 1; Al. Ox.; L. Inn Admiss. ii. 246. m. (1) 26 June 1654 (with £3,000), Mary (d. Aug. 1659), da. and coh. of Sir William Button of Parkgate, Tawstock, Devon, 4da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) 25 Feb. 1661, with £6,000, Abigail, da. of Nathaniel Stephens* of Eastington, Glos. 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. suc. fa. 6 Nov. 1656; cr. KB 23 Apr. 1661. d. 8 Dec. 1700.Collins, Peerage, iv. 60-8; Notts. RO, DD/4P/37/5; Add. 70007, f. 174; Brampton Bryan MSS, 50/2; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 165; Oxford DNB.
Offices Held

Local: commr. Herefs. militia, 30 Sept. 1642, 23 May 1648;HMC Portland, iii. 100; LJ x. 276b. sequestration, Herefs. 1 June 1643; commr. for Glos., Herefs. and S. E. Wales, 10 May 1644.A. and O. J.p. Herefs. by Aug. 1644–49, by Mar. 1655–82, July 1688 – d.; Rad. ?Mar. 1660–82, 1689–d.HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Edward Harley’. Commr. assessment, Herefs. 27 Sept. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–?d.; Rad. 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–?d.;A. and O.; An Ordinance... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, Herefs. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Salop, Worcs., Rad. 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, Herefs. 28 Aug. 1654. Mar. – July 1660A. and O. Custos rot.; Rad. 24 Aug. 1660–82.C231/7, p. 30; HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Edward Harley’. Dep. lt. Herefs. c.Aug. 1660–82, 1689 – d.; Rad. 1689–d.HP Commons 1660–90; Brampton Bryan MSS, 27/4. Commr. poll tax, Herefs. 1660.SR. Col. militia ft. 1668–82.Collins, Peerage, iv. 62–3. Commr. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 790.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), regt. of Sir William Waller* by June 1643;SP28/13/76. col. of ft. by 15 Nov. 1643–5; New Model army, Apr. 1645-June 1647.HMC Portland, iii. 118; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), i. 58, 69, 79. Gov. Monmouth 12 Oct.-19 Nov. 1644; Canon Frome, Herefs. 31 July 1645–6.CJ iii. 225b, 660b; Phillips, Civil War in Wales, i. 259–60, 272. Cdr. forces of Herefs. and Rad. 15 Jan. 1646.Add. 70108, misc. 41. Col. of ft. Herefs. 30 June 1648.Add. 70006, f. 30. Col. of horse, 1660–1. Gov. Dunkirk May 1660, confirmed 14 July 1660–1.CCSP v. 11, 25; Collins, Peerage, iv. 62–3.

Civic: alderman, New Radnor c.1647–80.Add. 70119, Thomas Harley to Edward Harley, 7 May 1661.

Central: cllr. of state, 25 Feb. 1660.A. and O.

Academic: FRS, 22 July 1663–85.M. Hunter, The Royal Soc. and its Fellows 1660–1700 (1982), 186–7.

: of Brampton Bryan, Herefs., Ludlow, Salop and Westminster.
Likenesses

Likenesses: miniature, S. Cooper, early 1660s;Duke of Portland. line engraving, G. Vertue (aft. S. Cooper), 1749.NPG.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

HARLEY, Edward (1624-1700), of Brampton Bryan, Herefs., Ludlow, Salop and Westminster.

Will
2 May 1685, never proved.Brampton Bryan MSS, 61/15.
Estates
In 1657, his estate noted as Wigmore, Brampton Bryan, Upper and Lower Bedwardine, Borresford, Walford, Burrington, inc. 1,900 acres of land there and in adjacent parishes; advowsons of Brampton Bryan, Kingsland, Aylton, Wigmore, Leintwardine; tithes of Leintwardine, Walford, Atforton.Brampton Bryan MSS, 61/9. Bought fee-farm rent of Burrington for £12, 1658.Add. 70125, Henry Tyler to Edward Harley, 20 Nov. 1658.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Tuttle St. Westminster,1650-1.Add. 70113.
Religion
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