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	Earl of Oxford
		Earl of Oxford was one of the oldest titles in the English peerage, and was held for several centuries by the de Vere family.
		Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, is perhaps the most famous of the line, due to the claims put forward by some that he was the actual author of the works of William Shakespeare (see Shakespeare authorship).
		The Vere Earls of Oxford were also hereditary holders of the office of Lord Great Chamberlain until the death of the 18th Earl in 1625.
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	Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer (5 December 1661 – 21 May 1724), was an English statesman of the Stuart and early Georgian periods.
		These convictions were strengthened in her mind by the new favorite Abigail Masham (a cousin of the Duchess of Marlborough through her mother, and of Harley on her father's side), whose coaxing contrasted favourably in the eyes of the queen with the haughty manners of her old friend, the Duchess of Marlborough.
		The confidence of Queen Anne was gradually transferred from Oxford to Bolingbroke; on 27 July 1714 the former surrendered his staff as lord treasurer, and on 1 August the queen died.
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	OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF - LoveToKnow Article on OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The earl sat on the special commission (1586) appointed for the trial of Mary queen of Scots; in 1589 he was one of the peers who tried Philip Howard, earl of Arundel, for high treason; and in 1601 he took part in the trial of Essex and Southampton.
		Oxford was high steward at the trial of the earl of Warwick, and one of the commissioners for the trial of Sir James Tyrell and others in May 1502.
		On the 23rd of May 1711 the minister became Baron Harley of Wigmore and earl of Oxford and Mortimer; on the 29th of May he was created lord treasurer, and on the 25th of October 1712 became a Knight of the Garter.
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	Earl of Oxford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, is perhaps the most famous of the line, due to the claims put forward by some that he was the actual author of the works of William Shakespeare (see Shakespearean authorship).
		After the discontinuation of the title, the retiring Prime Minister Herbert Asquith was keen to choose 'Earl of Oxford' for his own title.
		However, it greatly offended the relatives of the dormant Earldom, and in the face of opposition from them, another title had to be selected - the formal title 'Earl of Oxford and Asquith' was finally decided as a compromise, with it being abbreviated to 'Earl of Oxford' in everyday conversation and letters.
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	Robert Walpole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As part of his resignation the King agreed to elevate him to the House of Lords as the Earl of Orford and this occurred on February 6, 1742.
		Upon the death of the third Earl, the Earldom was inherited by the first Earl's younger son, Horace Walpole (a famous writer), who died without heirs in 1797.
		This collection was sold by his grandson, the 3rd Earl of Orford, to the Russian Empress Catherine II in 1779.
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	Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer (5 December 1661 - 21 May 1724), was an English statesman of the Stuart and early Georgian periods.
		He was regarded as a fitting person to preside over the debates of the House, and from the general election of February 1701 until the dissolution of 1705 he held with general approbation the office of Speaker.
		On 23 May 1711 the minister became Baron Harley of Wigmore and Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; on the 29 May he was created Lord Treasurer, and on 25 October 1712 became a Knight of the Garter.
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	Earl of Oxford . com - VERE EARLS OF OXFORD
		Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford and 6th Great Chamberlain, was a follower of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, who knighted him on the field of battle in 1264, and summoned him to the parliament of 1265.
		Earl Robert made his peace with the Crown, under the "Dictum de Kenilworth," and shortly thereafter was employed by King Edward I (Longshank) in further battles against the Welsh.
		John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford and 8th Great Chamberlain, born in 1313, became one of the most famous "Fighting Earls of Oxford," renowned for bravery, gallantry, and chivalry as one of Edward III's greatest generals, serving in Scotland, France, Flanders, Brittany and Gascony.
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	Chapter Mortemar <i>to</i> Moses Slow of Speech of M by Brewer's Readers Handbook
		Mortimer seemed unsympathetic, brusque, and rugged; but in reality he was most benevolent, delicate, and tender-hearted.
		Mortimer Street (London); so called from Harley, earl of Oxford and Mortimer, and baron of Wigmore, in Herefordshire.
		MORTON, a retainer of the earl of Northumberland.—Shakespeare: 2 Henry IV.
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	Daniel Defoe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, brokered his release in exchange for Defoe's co-operation as an intelligence agent.
		In 1703 he published an ironic attack on the High Tories, and was prosecuted for seditious libel, sentenced to be pilloried, fined 200 marks, and be detained at the Queen's pleasure.
		In despair he wrote to William Paterson, the London Scot, and founder of the Bank of England and part instigator of the Darién scheme, who was in the confidence of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, leading Minister and spymaster in the English Government.
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	Robert Harley, 1st earl of Oxford -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Oxford, Robert Harley, 1st Earl of, Earl Mortimer, Baron Harley Of Wigmore...
		Thomas Sackville, the 1st earl of Dorset, and an English statesman, poet, and dramatist, is remembered largely for his share in two achievements of significance in the development of Elizabethan poetry and drama: the collection Mirror for Magistrates (1563), probably the most important work between the periods of Geoffrey Chaucer and Edmund Spenser, and the...
		Near the Cotswold Hills in the county of Oxford, or Oxfordshire, 52 miles (84 kilometers) northwest of London, stands the old city of Oxford.
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	Harley Paint -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Harley J. Earl (November 22, 1893–April 10, 1969) was an automotive stylist and engineer and industrial designer.
		Earl was instrumental in establishing automotive design as its own discipline, and demonstrating the critical place of good industrial design in the automobile field.
		Among automobile features pioneered by Earl were chrome trim, two-tone paint, hardtops, and wrap-around windshields, but he is probably best known to the general public for beginning the tailfin craze that dominated automobile styling in the 1950s and early 1960s.
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	Dianne Elizabeth's Family History
		gentleman was elevated to the peerage, by the titles of Baron Harley, of Wigmore, county Hereford, Earl of Oxford, and Earl of Mortimer, with remainder in default of male issue to the heirs male of his grandfather, Sir Robert Harley, Knight of the Bath.
		On the 10th June1715, Lord Oxford was impeached by the Commons of High Treason, and was committed to the Tower of London by the House of Lords, where he suffered imprisonment until 1st July, 1717, when he was acquitted, after a public trial by his peers.
		Edward, Second Earl of Oxford, devoted himself much to Literature; and the country is much indebted to him for the celebrated collection so well known as the Harleian Miscellany, purchased by parliament from the Countess in 1754, after the Earl's death, and deposited in the British Museum.
	www.dianneelizabeth.com /Surname/Harley/earl_of_oxford.html (1492 words)

	Earl of Oxford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford (d.
		John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford (d.
		Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (d.
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	thePeerage.com - Person Page 1171
		She married Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford, son of Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Isabel de Bolebec, circa 1222.
		He was the son of Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford and Alice de Saundford.
		She married John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford, son of Sir Alphonsus de Vere and Jane Foliot, circa 1336.
	www.thepeerage.com /p1171.htm (1263 words)

	IV. Swift: Bibliography. Vol. 9. From Steele and Addison to Pope and Swift. The Cambridge History of English and ...
		A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue; in a Letter To the Most Honourable Robert Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain.
		The Conduct of the Purse of Ireland: in a Letter to a Member Of the Late Oxford Convocation.
		By William Wotton, B. Reflections on Dr. Swift’s Letter to the Earl of Oxford, about the English Tongue.
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	1661 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		June 30 - The first Earl of Argyle is executed at the Mercat Cross in Edinburgh for treason
		November 28 - Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British Governor of New York and New Jersey (d.
		December 5 - Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, English statesman (d.
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	Earl of Oxford -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Earl of Oxford was one of the oldest titles in the English (The peers of a kingdom considered as a group) peerage, and was held for several centuries by the de Vere family.
		The Vere Earls of Oxford were also hereditary holders of the office of (additional info and facts about Lord Great Chamberlain) Lord Great Chamberlain until the death of the 18th Earl in 1625.
		(additional info and facts about Julian Edward George Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith) Julian Edward George Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (b.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/E/Ea/Earl_of_Oxford.htm (440 words)

	Time traveller's guide to Stuart England
		• Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford (1593-1641), is Charles I's chief minister and a moustachioed tyrant.
		A subtle intriguer and strong Tory, she gradually turns the queen against the Marlboroughs and, in 1710, supersedes Sarah as Anne's confidante and the power behind the throne.
		• Originally a Whig (see DIY politics) and associated with Marlborough and Godolphin, Robert Harley (1661-1724), 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, prospers as a moderate Tory when the High Tories are ejected from the government in 1704 and becomes secretary of state.
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	H.H. Asquith, 1st earl of Oxford and Asquith -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Asquith, H(erbert) H(enry), 1st Earl Of Oxford And Asquith, Viscount Asquith Of Morley
		Asquith, H H, 1st Earl Of Oxford And Asquith, Viscount Asquith Of Morley...
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	Nottinghamshire: history and archaeology \| Miscellaneous articles: Henrietta Countess of Oxford (2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Queen Anne wrote to the Earl of Oxford: "I wish you much joy of haveing at last marryed your son, and hope you are soe just to me as to beleeve I shall always be very glad of any good fortune that happens to you or your famely."
		On the death of his father in 1724, Edward Lord Harley succeeded to the title of "Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer." During the whole of his adult life he was a keen collector of books, manuscripts, pictures, miniatures, busts, coins, medals, gems, curiosities and antiquities of all kinds.
		She was born in 1715, on her mother's birthday, February 11th; and on the 11th July, 1734, she married William Bentinck, second Duke of Portland (grandson of William Bentinck, Earl of Portland, the confidential friend of King William III).
	www.nottshistory.org.uk /articles/countessofoxford1923/oxford2.htm (1783 words)

	Robert de Vere, 9th earl of Oxford -- Encyclopædia Britannica
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		In 1385, however, Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford, was created Marquess of Dublin with precedence between dukes and earls;...
		Maryland, U.S.-based nonprofit organization that identifies Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford, as the author of the works attributed to William Shakespeare.
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	Order of the Garter
		Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster, Admiral of the Fleet and Steward of England (1300-1361)
		Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke, later Duke of Bedford, half-brother of Henry VI and uncle of Henry VII (1459)
		Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, afterwards Duke of Somerset, uncle of the Prince of Wales (1541)
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	MSS - Robert Harley Papers, University of Nottingham
		This document is undated; the date provided is based on the period when the 1st Earl of Oxford was Lord Treasurer.
		Note on verso in hand of 1st Earl of Oxford states that this grant is 'pretended' and that the copy was sent to him by E. Blount Esq.
		Note on verso in hand of 1st Earl of Oxford states that this copy was sent to him by E. Blount Esq.; says that it does agree with the Earl of Glamorgan's 'Commission under the Great Seal of England' and his Majestie's 'signi manuall with which wee have compared it'.
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	Additional Reading (from Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Works that propose the Earl of Oxford as the author of the plays published as Shakespeare's include Percy Allen, The Case for Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, as “Shakespeare” (1930); Gilbert Slater, Seven Shakespeares (1931, reprinted 1978), which proposes Oxford and a group of his collaborators; H. Amphlett, Who Was Shakespeare?
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		English lyric poet and patron of an acting company, Oxford's Men, who became, in the 20th century, the strongest candidate proposed (next to William Shakespeare himself) for the authorship of Shakespeare's plays.
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	Nottinghamshire: history and archaeology \| Miscellaneous articles: Henrietta Countess of Oxford (1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		ROBERT HARLEY, Speaker of the House of Commons, created Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, 1711.
		Her letters to Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, consist chiefly of expressions of affection for him, of kindly concern for his health, with occasional references to her own health, and that of her little daughter Peggy.
		In 1720, there was a little misunderstanding, and Lord Oxford feared that he had been misrepresented to her.
	www.nottshistory.org.uk /articles/countessofoxford1923/oxford3.htm (1236 words)

	reagenealogy - pafg139 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Geoffrey FitzPiers, 4th Earl of Essex was born in 1199.
		Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Oxford was born about 1082 in Great Waltham, Essex, England.
		Aubrey de Vere, Earl of Ghisnes & First Earl of Oxford died in 1194.
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	ipedia.com: Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, was an English statesman of the Stuart and early Georgian periods.
		Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer Article - ipedia.com
		After an imprisonment of nearly two years, he was allowed to resume his place among the peers, but he took little part in public affairs, and died almost unnoticed in London on 21 May 1724.
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	§13. His edition of Shakespeare. III. Pope. Vol. 9. From Steele and Addison to Pope and Swift. The Cambridge ...
		Pope’s labours as translator and commentator left him little leisure for original verse.
		Among the shorter pieces of this period is the Epistle to Robert Earl of Oxford, and Earl Mortimer (1721), dedicating Parnell’s Poems to him.
		Pope excels all other men, even Dryden, in the compliments he pays his friends; and, for variety of music and dignity of style, this Epistle is unsurpassed.
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	Marylebone - Evolution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Edward Harley the 2nd Earl of Oxford (Oxford Street) married Henrietta Cavendish (of the square) and daughter of John Hollis.
		Adjacent streets dating from the 1740's onwards commemorate Henrietta, by Henrietta Place; her husband, Edward Harley, Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, by Harley and Mortimer Streets; And their son-in-law; William Bentinck, Duke of Portland, by Bentinck Street and Portland Place.
		By 1786 travellers to London were writing of strolling down 'lovely Oxford Street' with its wide pavements and handsome glass windows which allowed them 'to gaze at the splendidly lit shopfronts in comfort'.
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