The Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer | |
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 Arms of the Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer: Or, a bend cotised sable | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edward Harley 20 February 1773 |
| Died | 28 December 1848 (aged 75)[1] Brampton Bryan Hall, Herefordshire |
| Spouse | Jane Elizabeth Scott |
| Children | 8, including Alfred Harley, 6th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer and Lady Charlotte Bacon |
| Parent(s) | John Harley Roach Vaughan |
Edward Harley, 5th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (20 February 1773 – 28 December 1848) was an English peer.
Harley was the son of John Harley (dean of Windsor) and Roach Vaughan. Edward succeeded to the titles and estates (including the Harley family seat at Brampton Bryan) of his father's elder brother Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer on the 4th Earl's death without issue in 1790.
In 1803 Henry Bickersteth became the Earl's medical attendant whilst the Earl was on a tour of Italy, staying with him until 1805. Edward became Bickersteth's friend and patron and in 1835 Bickersteth married the earl's eldest daughter. In 1804 Edward sold the Ewyas Lacy tithes by auction.[2] He commissioned work from the architect Robert Smirke.[3]
He was commissioned as Major-Commandant of the Royal Radnor Light Infantry, a Militia regiment, on 23 June 1819; his eldest son, Edward, Lord Harley, took over command on 1 July 1822.[4]
- ^ "Death of the Earl of Oxford". The Times. 1 January 1849. p. 8.
- ^ "Research paper: Tithe owners in Ewyas Lacy, 19th century, Ewyas Lacy Study Group". www.ewyaslacy.org.uk. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Art and artists | Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ Lt-Col Gilbert Drage, Notes on the Militia, with Special Reference to the Royal Radnor Regular Militia – the 50th Regiment of Regular Militia, Llandrindod Wells: Radnorshire Society, 1937, p. 38.