Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer

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The Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer was a prominent British peerage title created in the early 18th century for influential statesman Robert Harley, a leading Tory politician and minister under Queen Anne.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf peerage title
associatedCounty Herefordshire NERFINISHED
associatedFamily Harley family NERFINISHED
country Kingdom of Great Britain
createdFor Robert Harley NERFINISHED
creationDate 1711
24 October 1711
distinctFrom Earl of Oxford (de Vere family) NERFINISHED
extinctionDate 1853
extinctWith death of the 6th Earl
firstHolder Robert Harley NERFINISHED
genderRestriction male-preference primogeniture
governmentRoleOfFirstHolder chief minister to Queen Anne
grantedBy letters patent
heldBy Harley family of Brampton Bryan NERFINISHED
hereditary true
honourReason service as minister under Queen Anne
services as leading Tory statesman
jurisdiction British nobility
languageOfTitle English
monarch Queen Anne NERFINISHED
namedAfter Mortimer family NERFINISHED
earldom of Oxford NERFINISHED
nobleRank Earl
notableHolder Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer NERFINISHED
parliamentaryRoleOfFirstHolder Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain NERFINISHED
Lord Treasurer NERFINISHED
peerage Peerage of Great Britain NERFINISHED
periodOfProminence early 18th century
politicalAlignmentOfFirstHolder Tory
politicalContext War of the Spanish Succession era
reign of Queen Anne
precedence earldom
region England
religionContext Church of England (establishment context) NERFINISHED
seat Brampton Bryan Hall NERFINISHED
Eyam Hall NERFINISHED
status extinct
styleOfAddress Lord Oxford NERFINISHED
subsidiaryTitle Baron Harley NERFINISHED
Earl Mortimer NERFINISHED
successorTitleInPrestige Earl of Oxford (ancient de Vere title, distinct) NERFINISHED
titleStyle The Right Honourable the Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer NERFINISHED

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Lord Oxford nobleTitle Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
subject surface form: Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer nobleTitle Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer