14-899: Robert Harley may refer to: Politicians [ edit ] Robert Harley (1579–1656) , English statesman, Member of Parliament for Radnor and Herefordshire Robert Harley (died 1673) (1626–1673), British Member of Parliament for Radnor 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 Others [ edit ] Robert Harley (mathematician) (1828–1910), English Congregational minister Robert Harley (writer) , British comedy writer Bob Harley (1888–1958), Canadian soccer player Rob Harley (born 1990), Scottish rugby union player [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
28-578: A BA in 1599. He entered Middle Temple in 1599. He was invested as a Knight of the Bath on 25 July 1603. After his first marriage in 1603, he served in various local offices in Herefordshire and Radnorshire , including representing Radnor in Parliament in 1604, Herefordshire in 1624 and 1626 and Evesham in 1628. In 1623 he had married Brilliana , daughter of Sir Edward Conway , one of
42-792: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Robert Harley (1579%E2%80%931656) Sir Robert Harley KB (baptised 1 March 1579 – 6 November 1656) was an English statesman who served as Master of the Mint for Charles I . A devout Puritan , he supported Parliament in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms . He was the son of Thomas Harley of Brampton Bryan Castle in Herefordshire and his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Andrew Corbet . He entered Oriel College, Oxford in 1595, earning
56-526: The Secretaries of State , and acted as his aide in Parliament. He was rewarded for this by being appointed Master of the Mint . He was deprived of this office in 1635 but reinstated in 1643. During this period, his attitude was more that of a country gentleman than of a courtier. In religion (like Brilliana), Harley was a puritan , taking an anti- Catholic and later also anti- Arminian line. He
70-624: The restoration of the monarchy of 1660, the two posts were specifically designated as the Secretary of State for the Northern Department and the Secretary of State for the Southern Department . Both dealt with home affairs and they divided foreign affairs between them. The medieval kings of England had a clerical servant, at first known as their Clerk , later as their Secretary . The primary duty of this office
84-642: The Southern Department . Both of the secretaries dealt with internal matters, but they also divided foreign affairs between them. One dealt with northern Europe (the mostly Protestant states) and the other with southern Europe. Following the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the Cabinet took over the practical direction of affairs previously undertaken by the Privy Council , and the two secretaries of state gained ever more responsible powers. For
98-616: The king led to his being excluded from the House of Commons in Pride's Purge . He and his son Edward , a colonel in the Parliamentarian army, were imprisoned until after the king's execution. He resigned as Master of the Mint in May 1649 and took no further part in politics. He left several sons, his heir Edward being the father of Queen Anne 's Lord Treasurer , Robert Harley , who
112-731: The late Middle Ages . The Signet warrant, kept by the Keeper of the Privy Seal , could be used to stamp documents on authority of chancery and on behalf of the Chancellor. During wartime, the king took his privy seal with him wherever he went. Its controller was the Secretary, who served on military and diplomatic missions; and the Wardrobe clerks assumed an even greater importance. Until the reign of King Henry VIII (1509–1547), there
126-407: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Harley&oldid=1169826276 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
140-429: Was an active member of that party both in Parliament and in Herefordshire, Brampton Bryan Castle undergoing siege in 1643 and 1644. On 30 September 1642, Parliamentarians led by Harley and Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford occupied Hereford without opposition. In December, they withdrew to Gloucester because of the presence in the area of a Royalist army under Lord Herbert . His support for reconciliation with
154-664: Was carrying on the monarch's official correspondence, but in varying degrees the holder also advised the Crown , and by the early fourteenth century, the position was in effect the third most powerful office of state in England, ranking after the Lord Chancellor . Most administrative business went through the royal household, particularly the Wardrobe . The Privy Seal's warrants increased rapidly in quantity and frequency during
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#1732779594017168-521: Was raised to the peerage as the Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer . Secretary of State (England) In the Kingdom of England , the title of Secretary of State came into being near the end of the reign of Elizabeth I , the usual title before that having been King's Clerk , King's Secretary , or Principal Secretary . From the time of Henry VIII , there were usually two secretaries of state. After
182-667: Was successively elected to both Parliaments in 1640 ( Short Parliament and Long Parliament ), where he opposed ship money , Laudian ecclesiastical innovations and the Scottish War . This led him to join the Parliamentary party. Harley was in charge of the Committee for the Demolition of Monuments of Superstition and Idolatry, and presided over the destruction of a great deal of religious art and architecture. He
196-458: Was usually only one such secretary at a time, but by the end of Henry's reign there was also a second secretary. At about the end of the reign of Henry's daughter Elizabeth I (1558–1603), the secretaries began to be called "Secretary of State". After the Restoration of 1660, the two posts came to be known as the Secretary of State for the Northern Department and the Secretary of State for
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