510 HERA 
Ireland, and foon after baron of Newburgh in the 
kingdom of Great Britain. He had iffue, x. George, 
third earl of Cholmondeley. 2. James, who embraced 
the military profeffion, and ferved in Flanders in the war 
of-17.41, and in Great Britain during the rebellion of 
1745. He died OdI.qber 1.3,, 1775; and the earl of Chol¬ 
mondeley, his father, May 7, 1733. George, third earl 
of Cholmondeley, was appointed, December 10, 1743, 
lord keeper of the privy leal, which office he refigned 
in December following. In 1745 he railed a regiment to 
ferve again!! the rebels. He married Mary, daughter 
of Robert firft earl of Orford, and. by her had ill tie, 
George, late vifcount Malpas, born Odlober 17, 1724, 
and married, January, 19, 1747, Heller, daughter and 
heir of fir Francis Edwards, bart. qfj Shrewsbury. His,, 
lord/hi p 4'ied, March 15,, 17^4, leaving ifliue, by his lady 
(who died at Hampton-eourt-palace, April 10, 4305, 
aged 98), George-jantes, the.prefent earl ; andadaugh- ’ 
ter, Heller, married to William Clapcot Lille, efq. by 
whom (lie has iffue a daughter, born July 9, 1774; mar¬ 
ried, February 23, 1799, Charles,Arbuthnot, efq.; Ro¬ 
bert, married, November 30, 1746, Mifs Mary Woffing¬ 
ton ; by whom he Jiad iffue, George-James', born Febru¬ 
ary 22, 1752; Mary-Henrietta, born April 4, 1754, and 
was unfortunately killed by the overturn of a barouche, 
at Leatlierhead, in Surrey, Oiflober. 2, 1806, in com¬ 
pany with her royal highnefs tfie princefs of Wales; 
Robert-Francis, born June 24, 1756; Hefler-Frances, 
born July 8, 1763, married, December 3, 1783* fir Wil¬ 
liam Bellingham, of Bellingham-caftle in Ireland, bart. 
George, the third earl, died June 10, 1770, and was fuc- 
ceeded by his grandfon, the prefent and fourth earl. 
Creations.—V ifcount Cholmondeley of Kells, in 
Ireland, March 29, 1661. Baron Cholmondeley of 
Wich-Malhank, alias Namtwich, April 10, 1689. Vif- 
coiint Malpas, and Earl of Cholmondeley, Decem¬ 
ber 27, 1706. Baron of Newborough, in the county of 
Wexford, in Ireland, March 15,1715; andjuly 2, 1716, 
Baron of Newburgh in the kingdom of Great Britain. 
Residences.—C holmondeley-hall, in the county of 
Chefter; and Houghton-hall, in the county of Norfolk. 
• -“-Tow.n-hpufe, Piccadilly. 
Armorial BeaIungs.—S ee the annexed Engraving. 
Motto .—Cajis tutijjima virtus .—“ Virtue is the lurelt 
helmet.” 
HARLEY, EARL OF OXFORD. 
EDWARD HARLEY, Earl of OXFORD and 
MORTIMER, and Baron Harley, of Wigmore ; born 
February 20, 1773 ; fucceeded his uncle, the late earl, 
Ottober 8, 1790 ; married, March 3, 1794, Mifs Scott, 
daughter of the late reverend James Scott, A. M. vicar 
of Itchin, in the county of Southampton ; by whom he 
has a daughter, born March 9, 1796; a fon, lord Har¬ 
ley, heir apparent, born January 20, 1800; and a daugh¬ 
ter, born December 12, 1801. 
The family of Harley is more ancient than the Norman 
cbnqpeff. One of its anceftors commanded an army in 
the reign of king Ethelred, and defeated Sweyn king of 
Denmark, in 10:3. Richard de Harley, in the reign of 
Henry III. allilted Roger Mortimer, lord of Wigmore, 
in his project for liberating prince Edward, afterwards 
Edward I. after the battle of Lewes. Tile Harley.fa¬ 
mily was particularly patronifed .by that monarch, and 
attained in his reign to greaf opulence. Thomas Har¬ 
ley, in tile reign of James I. obtained a grant of the 
honour and caltle of Wigmore, in confideration of his 
defcent from the family of Mortimer, lords of Wigmore. 
Sir Robert Harley, knight of the bath, his fon, was a 
conliderable leader in the oppofition to Charles I. His 
caftle of Brampton flood a confiderable liege in the civil 
war; but was at length taken and burnt, in 1643. Sir 
Robert, as well as his fon lir Edward, alfo a knight of 
the bath, was among the members of the houfe of com¬ 
mons who voted, December 6, 1648, that the king’s 
L D R Y. 
anlwer was a ground for peace; and who were after¬ 
wards excluded by Oliver Cromwell. He died Novem¬ 
ber 6, 1656. This* fir Edward Harley appears to have 
been a man of great honour and integrity. He affifted 
in the reftoration of Charles II. and was feledled by ge¬ 
neral Monk as a proper perfon to be -made, governor of 
Dunkirk. He proved Itreniious in his oppofition to the 
fale'of that fortrefs ; and was ..therefore fuperfeded in 
his government previous to its furrender. He refufed 
the offer of being' created a vifcount immediately after , 
the reftoration, affigning as his reafon, “ left his zeal 
and his fervices fliould. be reproached as proceeding 
from ambition,' and not from CQiifcience.” -He raifed a 
troop of horfe for the fervice of the pringe of Orange, 
afterwards William III. and died December S-, .1700, 
leaving ift'ue two fons, Robert and-Edward. 
Robert Harley was an aftive member of the houfe of 
commons during the reign of king William. He was 
chofen, February 1,1, 17.01,. to the office of. fpeaker ; in 
which fituation he continued till 1*705. He was farther 
conftituted, May 18, 1704, one of the principal fecreta- 
ries of Bate to queen Anne, which he refigned in Febru¬ 
ary 1708. He was declared, Auguft 10, 1710, one of the 
lords comroiffioners of the treafury, and chancellor and 
under treafurer of the exchequer. An attempt was. 
made to affaffinate him.at the council-table by the mar¬ 
quis de Guifcard, a French fpy, March 8, in the fol¬ 
lowing year; and this incident tended greatly to the in- 
creafe of his popularity. He was immediately after 
created baron Harley of Wigmore, earl of Oxford, and 
earl Mortimer, with remainder to the male iifue of fir 
Robert Harley, his grandfather; and May 29, was far¬ 
ther conftituted lord high treafurer of England. In c-on- 
fequence of a mifunderftanding between him and his il- 
lliftrfous colleague, Henry lord vifcount Bolingbroke, 
he refigned the ftaff of lord high treafurer, July 27, 
1714, five days before the death of queen Anne. Upon 
the acceffion of George I. he was impeached of high 
treafon, June 10, 1715, committed to the Tower,, and 
honourably acquitted by the houfe of lords,- July 1, 
1717. The earl of Oxford was a noble patron of lite¬ 
rature and of literary men ; and particularly cultivated 
the friendfhip of .the celebrated doctor Jonathan Swift. 
He died May 21, 1724. Edward, fecond earl "of Oxford, 
his fon, was highly diftinguilhed, and greatly efteemed 
for the additions he made to the colledtion, begun by 
his father, of curious books, both printed and maiVu- 
feript, particularly relating to the hiftory and antiqui¬ 
ties of this country, which are nowdepofited ip the Bri- 
tilli Mtifeum. He died June 16, 1741. 
Edward, third earl of Oxford, fon of Edward, younger 
fon of lir Edward Harley, knight of the bath, married 
Martha, eldeft daughter of John Morgan, of Tredegar, 
in Monmouthlhire, efquire, by whom he had iifue, Ed¬ 
ward, the late earl ; Robert, born September 10, 1727 ; 
John, D.D. late bilhop of Hereford, born September 29, 
1728, died January 7, 1788, married Roach, daughter of 
Gvvynne Vaughan, efq. of Trebarry, in Radnorlhire, by 
whom he had iffue, 1. Edward, the prefent earl ; 2. 
John, born December 31, 1774; and two daughters, 
Frances and Martha. Thomas, an alderman of London, 
born Auguft 24, 1730, died December 1, 1804; married, 
March 15, 1752, Anne, daughter of Edward Bangham, 
efq. by whom he had iffue, 1. .Thomas; 2. Edward; 
3. Henrietta, all died young ; 4. Anne, born May 13, 
1759, married to George, fecond lord Rodney, by whom 
(he has i due ; 5. Martha, married, February 10, 1780, 
George Drummond, efq. and died, as did Mr. Drum¬ 
mond, in 1789, leaving iffue; 6. Sarah, born Odto.ber 
19, 1760, married to Robert, ninth earl of Kinnoul ; 7. 
Elizabeth, born in April 1763, married to DavA Mur¬ 
ray, efq. brother to the fifth lord Eliba.uk, and lias iifue ; 
8. Margaret, born July4, 1765, married to. fir John Boyd, 
baft. William, born May 30, 1733, died prebendary 
of Worcefter, July 8, 1769. Sarah, born in 1731, died 
