Family and Education
b. 6 or 9 Apr. 1626, 2nd surv. s. of Sir Robert Harley* and 3rd w. Brilliana, da. of Sir Edward Conway †, 1st Visct. Conway; bro. of Edward Harley*.Aubrey, Brief Lives, i. 288; Brilliana Harley Letters, p. xx. educ. privately (Richard Symonds, Mr Ballam, William Voyle).J. Eales, Puritans and Roundheads (Cambridge, 1990), 28-9. m. 8 Feb. 1671, Edith, da. of Thomas Pembrugge of Wellington, wid. of Thomas Hinton of Hayton, Salop, s.p.Brampton Bryan par. reg.; HMC Portland, iii. 320. Kntd. 19 Nov. 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 232. d. 16 Nov. 1673.Aubrey, Brief Lives, i. 288; Brilliana Harley Letters, p. xlix.
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cornet (parlian.), tp. of Edward Harley, regt. of Sir William Waller* by Aug. 1643.HMC Portland, iii. 113 Capt. of dragoons, Gloucester garrison, Oct. 1644; maj. by 21 Sept. 1644–5. Feb. – May 1660HMC Portland, iii. 127, 128. Gov. Monmouth Nov. 1644. Feb. – May 1660HMC Portland, iii. 130. Maj. Western Assoc. brigade of Edward Massie*, May 1645–7. Feb. – May 1660HMC Portland, iii. 138. Lt. of horse,, capt. of ft. Apr. 1660;Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 56; Add. 70007, f. 76; HMC Portland, viii. 12. col. of horse and ft. Dunkirk and Tangier 12 July 1660–23 Oct. 1662.HMC Portland, iii. 229; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. pp. xxxvi, 100; CTB i. 597.

commr. assessment, Rad. 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672; Herefs. 17 Apr. 1648, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Hereford 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); CJ v. 533a; vii. 821b;LJ x. 206a; SR. sequestration, Herefs. 19 Apr. 1648;CJ v. 536a; LJ x. 211a. Herefs. militia, 23 May 1648;LJ x. 277a. militia, Herefs., Rad. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660. Mar. – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O.; CJ v. 533a, 536a; vii. 821b; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p. Herefs.; Rad. by Oct. 1660–d.A Perfect List (1660); Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 337–8. Steward, crown manors, Rad. July-Aug. 1660, 1672–d.HMC Portland, viii. 8. Commr. poll tax, Herefs., Rad. 1660.SR. Recvr. of fee farm rents, Herefs., Worcs. and Staffs. 1670–1.HMC Portland, viii. 8.

kpr. of seals and c.j. of revenue ct. Barbados 5 June 1663-Feb. 1664.HMC Portland, iii. 273, 281.

FRS, 1663–d.E.S. de Beer, ‘Earliest Fellows of the Royal Soc.’, Notes and Recs. vii. 182.

gent. of privy chamber, 1672–d.N. Carlisle, Privy Chamber (1829), 189.

of Brampton Bryan and Herefs., Walford.
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Commons 1640-1660
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HARLEY, Robert (1626-73), of Brampton Bryan and Walford, Herefs.

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