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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, KG PC FRS (5 December 1661 – 21 May 1724) was an English statesman and peer of the late Stuart and early Georgian periods. He began his career as a Whig , before defecting to a new Tory ministry.
Gladwell has played with numerous bands in the past 50 years and is perhaps best known for being the lead guitarist for Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, firstly between 1990 and 1991, and then from 1999 until 2022 (sans 2018), playing both electric and acoustic guitars, as well as mandolin, in both Harley's full rock band format (Cockney Rebel), and Harley's 2–5 piece acoustic sets.
A former Whig, Harley had come to power in 1710, leading a Tory government which was increasingly aware of the anti-war mood of the country in contrast to the pro-war Whigs. The Tories won a decisive victory at the 1710 general election. Harley and the Secretary of State Lord Bolingbroke opened covert peace negotiations with France.
Harley was the eldest son of Sir Edward Harley and the grandson of the aforementioned Sir Robert Harley. [ 1 ] The style Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer was chosen because the ancient earldom of Oxford , held for many centuries by the de Vere family , had become dormant but not extinct in 1703, meaning a descendant could conceivably have ...
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (1661–1724), Member of Parliament for Radnor and Tregony; Robert Harley (c. 1706 – 1774), Member of Parliament for Leominster, 1731–1741 and 1742–1747, and Droitwich; Robert William Harley (1829–1892), British colonial administrator
The Harley (or Oxford–Bolingbroke) ministry was the British government that existed between 1710 and 1714 in the reign of Queen Anne. It was headed by Robert Harley (from 1711, Earl of Oxford) and composed largely of Tories .
Robert Harley, the member for Radnor, was re-elected Speaker of the House of Commons. Queen Anne's new ministry was Tory dominated, led by Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin at the Treasury and Marlborough as the commander of the army (The major War of the Spanish Succession was now in full progress).
A new Tory government, led by Robert Harley, came to power in 1710. Committed to ending Britain's involvement in the European war, which had been costly in lives and money, it took steps to disengage, which eventually resulted in the dismissal of the hawkish Marlborough, who was replaced by the Irish Tory commander, the Duke of Ormonde .