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Harley, Edward, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer

Owner Id4266
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence1689 - 1741
Other InformationEdward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (2 June 1689 – 16 June 1741), styled Lord Harley between 1711 and 1724, was a British politician, bibliophile, collector and patron of the arts.
Bod-inc: see DNB; Richard Maxwell, `Robert Harley, First Earl of Oxford (1661-1724) and Edward Harley, Second Earl of Oxford (1689-1741)', in Pre-Nineteenth-century British Book-collectors and Bibliographers, ed. William Baker and Kenneth Womack, DLB 213 (Detroit, Washington DC, and London, 1999), 123-30; The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715-26, ed. C. E. and R. C. Wright, II (London, 1966); according to Wright and Wright, p.xvi, Wanley produced a catalogue of the Harleian printed books during the years 1716-17, now London, British Library, MS. Lansdowne 816: the books had shelfmarks I.A to XXVII.O.32 and running numbers (1-7040); however, a spot check, using the index bound at the end of the Lansdowne manuscript, did not reveal any incunabula; another catalogue, now London, British Library, MS. Harley 3886, compiled by Wanley in June 1722, includes a purchase record at the end, covering the period from Oct. 1722 to Jan. 1723/4; some of the information found there has no corresponding entry in Wanley's Diary; this catalogue does contain references to incunabula; all Harley's printed books were purchased by Thomas Osborne, who published [William Oldys], Catalogus Bibliothecae Harleianae, 5 vols (London, 1743-5); some of Harley's printed books have the corner of the front endleaf torn away; Oldham, Shrewsbury School Bindings, 114 suggests that this was done by Osborne for his third sale, of 1745; see also Howard M. Nixon, `Harleian Bindings', in Studies in the Book Trade in Honour of Graham Pollard, OBS Publications, n.s. 18 (Oxford, 1975), 153-94.
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Activity

Start (year)1689
End (year)1741
NoteHarley was the only son of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, by his first wife Elizabeth Foley.
He was a bibliophile, collector and patron of the arts, and took little interest in public affairs. He extended his father's library and expanded the Harleian Collection, the MSS from which now in the British Library. The department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham holds a number of papers relating to the 2nd Earl and the management of his estates in the Portland (London) collection. Harley family papers (Pw2Hy) are part of the Portland (Welbeck) Collection. Through his wife, he inherited Welbeck Abbey in Nottinghamshire, and Wimpole Hall in Cambridgeshire, where the library of printed books was mostly kept.
On 31 August 1713 he married Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles (1694–1755). They had two children: Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley (1715–1785) and Henry Cavendish Harley, Lord Harley (18 October 1725 – 22 October 1725).
See David Stoker, ‘Harley, Edward, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer (1689–1741)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
MARC Area Codee-uk
PlaceWimpole (Geonames Id: 10104024)
Profession / Type of InstitutionPolitician
CharacterisationAristocracy
Last Edit2020-06-10 14:02:20

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Harley, Edward, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer

Owner Id4266
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence1689 - 1741
Other InformationEdward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (2 June 1689 – 16 June 1741), styled Lord Harley between 1711 and 1724, was a British politician, bibliophile, collector and patron of the arts.
Bod-inc: see DNB; Richard Maxwell, `Robert Harley, First Earl of Oxford (1661-1724) and Edward Harley, Second Earl of Oxford (1689-1741)', in Pre-Nineteenth-century British Book-collectors and Bibliographers, ed. William Baker and Kenneth Womack, DLB 213 (Detroit, Washington DC, and London, 1999), 123-30; The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715-26, ed. C. E. and R. C. Wright, II (London, 1966); according to Wright and Wright, p.xvi, Wanley produced a catalogue of the Harleian printed books during the years 1716-17, now London, British Library, MS. Lansdowne 816: the books had shelfmarks I.A to XXVII.O.32 and running numbers (1-7040); however, a spot check, using the index bound at the end of the Lansdowne manuscript, did not reveal any incunabula; another catalogue, now London, British Library, MS. Harley 3886, compiled by Wanley in June 1722, includes a purchase record at the end, covering the period from Oct. 1722 to Jan. 1723/4; some of the information found there has no corresponding entry in Wanley's Diary; this catalogue does contain references to incunabula; all Harley's printed books were purchased by Thomas Osborne, who published [William Oldys], Catalogus Bibliothecae Harleianae, 5 vols (London, 1743-5); some of Harley's printed books have the corner of the front endleaf torn away; Oldham, Shrewsbury School Bindings, 114 suggests that this was done by Osborne for his third sale, of 1745; see also Howard M. Nixon, `Harleian Bindings', in Studies in the Book Trade in Honour of Graham Pollard, OBS Publications, n.s. 18 (Oxford, 1975), 153-94.
Other Identifierhttp://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cnp01427608
https://aeolus.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/collections/incunables/provenances_for_mei.xml#xpointer(//*[@id=

Activity

Start (year)1689
End (year)1741
NoteHarley was the only son of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, by his first wife Elizabeth Foley.
He was a bibliophile, collector and patron of the arts, and took little interest in public affairs. He extended his father's library and expanded the Harleian Collection, the MSS from which now in the British Library. The department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham holds a number of papers relating to the 2nd Earl and the management of his estates in the Portland (London) collection. Harley family papers (Pw2Hy) are part of the Portland (Welbeck) Collection. Through his wife, he inherited Welbeck Abbey in Nottinghamshire, and Wimpole Hall in Cambridgeshire, where the library of printed books was mostly kept.
On 31 August 1713 he married Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles (1694–1755). They had two children: Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley (1715–1785) and Henry Cavendish Harley, Lord Harley (18 October 1725 – 22 October 1725).
See David Stoker, ‘Harley, Edward, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer (1689–1741)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
MARC Area Codee-uk
PlaceWimpole (Geonames Id: 10104024)
Profession / Type of InstitutionPolitician
CharacterisationAristocracy
Last Edit2020-06-10 14:02:20
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