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Person    | Male  Born 1661  Died 1724

Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford

Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford

Statesman. Harley Street was named after him.

Responsible for the creation of the South Sea company and was the first governor. This company later became a major player in the Atlantic slave trade.

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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford

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Pepys, Harley, Etty, Stanfield

In a house formerly standing on this site lived Samuel Pepys, 1633 - 1703, di...

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