Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1711 for the statesman Robert Harley, with remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to those of his gr
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.
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Earl of Oxford is a dormant title in the Peerage of England, first created for Aubrey de Vere by the Empress Matilda in 1141. His family was to hold the title for more than five and a half centuries,
Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
…Sir Edward Harley and the grandson of the aforementioned Sir Robert Harley. The style Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer was chosen because the ancient earldom of Oxford, held for many centuries by the de Vere family, had become dormant but not extinct in 1703, meaning a descendant could conceivably have stepped forward…
1574 woodcut showing the heraldic achievement of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, with Latin canting motto Vero Nihil Verius ("Nothing more true than truth")
Hedingham Castle in Essex, primary seat of the Earls of Oxford