Fly-leaf from book inscribed and signed by Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, January 23, 1681/2, and a portrait of Harley, 1681-1682

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Fly-leaf from book inscribed and signed by Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, January 23, 1681/2, and a portrait of Harley, 1681-1682

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Oxford, Robert Harley, earl of, 1661-1724

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British statesman. Robert Harley was born in London, England. He became a lawyer, and a Whig MP in 1689. In 1701 he was elected Speaker, and in 1704 became secretary of state. Shortly after, he became sympathetic to the Tories, and from 1708 worked to undermine the power of the Whigs. In 1710 Godolphin was dismissed, and Harley made Chancellor of the Exchequer, head of the government, and in 1711 Earl of Oxford and Lord High Treasurer. The principal act of his administra...