Edward Harley, 5th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
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Edward Harley, 5th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (20 February 1773 - January 1849) was an English nobleman.
Harley was the son of John Harley (dean of Windsor). He succeeded to the titles 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 he sold the Ewyas Lacy tithes by auction. He commissioned work from the architect Robert Smirke
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(a notable mistress of Lord Byron) married in 1794 and had at least seven children, including the following:
Harley was the son of John Harley (dean of Windsor). He succeeded to the titles of his father's elder brother 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 , styled Lord Harley from 1741 to 1755, was a British peer....
on the 4th Earl's death without issue in 1790.
In 1803 Henry Bickersteth
Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale
Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale KC, PC was an English law reformer and Master of the Rolls.He was born on 18 June 1783 at Kirkby Lonsdale, three years before his brother Edward 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 he sold the Ewyas Lacy tithes by auction. He commissioned work from the architect Robert Smirke
Robert Smirke (architect)
Sir Robert Smirke was an English architect, one of the leaders of Greek Revival architecture his best known building in that style is the British Museum, though he also designed using other architectural styles...
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Family
He and his wife Jane Elizabeth ScottJane Elizabeth Scott
Jane Elizabeth Harley , Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer was a notable English noblewoman, known as a patron of the Reform movement and a lover of Lord Byron.-Life:...
(a notable mistress of Lord Byron) married in 1794 and had at least seven children, including the following:
- Edward Harley, Lord Harley (20 January 1800 – 1 January 1828).
- Alfred Harley, 6th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.
- Lady Jane Elizabeth Harley, married Henry Bickersteth.
- Lady Charlotte Mary Harley (b. 1801 or 1809, d 1880), second or third daughter, in 1823 married Anthony BaconAnthony Bacon (British Army officer)Major General Anthony Bacon was a notable cavalry officer and commander in the Napoleonic wars.-Family background:Bacon was born at Llandaff in Glamorgan, the son of Anthony Bushby Bacon of Elcot Park at Kintbury and Benham Park at Marsh Benham in Speen near Newbury in Berkshire, one of the...
- Lady Anne Harley, third daughter, married Signor Giovanni Battista Rabitti Count St. George (her husband died before 1845, leaving her a widow with three children)
- Lady Frances Harley, youngest daughter, married Lt.-Col. Henry Vernon Harcourt, Esq., the son of the Archbishop of York