Politician and patron of the arts. MP for Radnor from 1711 to 1714, and for Cambridgeshire from 1722 until he succeeded his father in 1724, and entered the House of Lords as the Second Earl of Oxford. He acquired a considerable amount of land in the west end of London, giving his name to Harley and Oxford Streets.
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Edward Harley
St. Peter's Church, Vere Street, was designed by James Gibbs, built by Edward...
Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.
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Councillor (1988-98, 2006-2014) and Mayor of the London Borough of Brent 1997-8.
This plaque is on the wall behind the arch.
The northernmost borough of London. Formed by the amalgamation of the Municipal Boroughs of Southgate, Enfield and Edmonton.
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