Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer

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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, was a prominent early 18th-century English statesman and Tory leader who served as Queen Anne’s chief minister and played a key role in negotiating the Peace of Utrecht.

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instanceOf English statesman ⓘ
Member of Parliament of England ⓘ
Tory politician ⓘ
peer of Great Britain ⓘ
acquittedBy House of Lords ⓘ
appointed Lord High Treasurer in 1711 ⓘ
birthDate 1661-12-05 ⓘ
birthPlace Bow Street, London ⓘ
burialPlace Brackley, Northamptonshire ⓘ
linked to: Brackley
causeOfDownfall impeachment by the Whig-dominated House of Commons ⓘ
child Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer ⓘ
collection Harleian Library ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
createdPeer created Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer in 1711 ⓘ
deathDate 1724-05-21 ⓘ
deathPlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
educatedAt Inner Temple ⓘ
Shilton, Oxfordshire (private schooling) ⓘ
familyName Harley ⓘ
father Sir Edward Harley ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
imprisonedAt Tower of London ⓘ
imprisonmentEnd 1717 ⓘ
imprisonmentStart 1715 ⓘ
knownFor architect of the Tory peace policy ending the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
leading Tory ministry under Queen Anne ⓘ
patronage of literary figures such as Jonathan Swift ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Tory Party ⓘ
monarchServed Queen Anne ⓘ
mother Abigail Stephens ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Harley of Wigmore ⓘ
Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer ⓘ
notableEvent War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
notableWork negotiation of the Peace of Utrecht ⓘ
parliamentaryTerm Member of Parliament for New Radnor ⓘ
Member of Parliament for New Radnor Boroughs ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Radnor ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Tregony ⓘ
politicalAlignment Country Tory ⓘ
linked to: Country party
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer ⓘ
Lord High Treasurer ⓘ
Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain ⓘ
linked to: Lord High Treasurer

Lord High Treasurer to Queen Anne ⓘ
Lord Privy Seal ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Northern Department ⓘ
Speaker of the House of Commons of England ⓘ
previousPoliticalAlignment Country Whig ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
roleInEvent chief British negotiator for the Peace of Utrecht ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Foley ⓘ

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