Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer

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The Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer was a prominent British peerage title created in the early 18th century for influential statesman Robert Harley, a leading Tory politician and minister under Queen Anne.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf peerage title ⓘ
associatedCounty Herefordshire ⓘ
associatedFamily Harley family ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
createdFor Robert Harley ⓘ
creationDate 1711 ⓘ
24 October 1711 ⓘ
distinctFrom Earl of Oxford (de Vere family) ⓘ
linked to: Earls of Oxford
extinctionDate 1853 ⓘ
extinctWith death of the 6th Earl ⓘ
firstHolder Robert Harley ⓘ
genderRestriction male-preference primogeniture ⓘ
governmentRoleOfFirstHolder chief minister to Queen Anne ⓘ
grantedBy letters patent ⓘ
heldBy Harley family of Brampton Bryan ⓘ
linked to: Harley family
hereditary true ⓘ
honourReason service as minister under Queen Anne ⓘ
services as leading Tory statesman ⓘ
jurisdiction British nobility ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
monarch Queen Anne ⓘ
namedAfter Mortimer family ⓘ
linked to: Mortimer dynasty

earldom of Oxford ⓘ
nobleRank Earl ⓘ
notableHolder Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer ⓘ
parliamentaryRoleOfFirstHolder Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain ⓘ
linked to: Lord High Treasurer

Lord Treasurer ⓘ
linked to: Lord High Treasurer
peerage Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
periodOfProminence early 18th century ⓘ
politicalAlignmentOfFirstHolder Tory ⓘ
politicalContext War of the Spanish Succession era ⓘ
reign of Queen Anne ⓘ
precedence earldom ⓘ
region England ⓘ
religionContext Church of England (establishment context) ⓘ
linked to: Church of England
seat Brampton Bryan Hall ⓘ
Eyam Hall ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
styleOfAddress Lord Oxford ⓘ
subsidiaryTitle Baron Harley ⓘ
linked to: Baron Strange

Earl Mortimer ⓘ
successorTitleInPrestige Earl of Oxford (ancient de Vere title, distinct) ⓘ
linked to: Earls of Oxford
titleStyle The Right Honourable the Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer ⓘ

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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer → nobleTitle → Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer ⓘ
subject linked to: Lord Oxford
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer → nobleTitle → Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer ⓘ
de Vere family → nobleTitle → Earl of Oxford ⓘ
linked to: Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer → subsidiaryTitle → Earl Mortimer ⓘ
linked to: Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
Harley family → hasTitle → Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer ⓘ
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer → nobleTitle → Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer ⓘ
subject linked to: Elizabeth Foley