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John Harley (29 September 1728 – 7 January 1788) was a British bishop.^[1]

Harley was the second son of Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, matriculating in 1747, graduating B.A. 1749, M.A. 1752, B.D. & D.D. 1778.^[2]

He was Archdeacon of Shropshire from 1760 to 1769 and then Archdeacon of Hereford from 1769 to 1787. He was Dean of Windsor, Register of the Order of the Garter and briefly, at the end of his life, the Bishop of Hereford^[1] before his death aged 59 in 1788.

His son Edward (by his wife Roach Vaughan, daughter of Gwynne Vaughan of Trebarry, Radnorshire) succeeded Harley's elder brother (Edward) as 5th Earl of Oxford.^[1]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c Lodge, Edmund (1846). The Peerage of the British Empire as at Present Existing: Arranged and Printed from the Personal Communications of the Nobility. Saunders and Otley. p. 413. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
^ Foster, Joseph. "Harley, John" . Alumni Oxonienses – via Wikisource.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Frederick Keppel	Dean of Windsor 1778–1788	Succeeded by John Douglas
Preceded by Lord James Beauclerk	Bishop of Hereford 1787–1788	Succeeded by John Butler

v t e Archdeacons of Shropshire and of Ludlow
High Medieval (Shropshire)	William Peter le Kauf Odo Gilbert Foliot Hugh Foliot Nicholas de Aquila Simon de Edenbridge Peter d'Aigueblanche John Foliot James d'Aigueblanche Hervey de Boreham Richard de Swinfield James d'Aigueblanche (2nd term) Adam de Fileby John de Bestan John de Swinfield Roger de Canterbury Philip Talbot
Late Medieval (Shropshire)	John de Rosse William le Mercer de Rosse Richard de Sydenhale Henry de Shipton William de Borstall Richard Nowell John Hoare John Welles John Hereford John Loveney John Merbury William Leche Thomas Yone Robert Jeffry Thomas Morton John Martyn William Webbe Arthur Stafford John Wardroper William Gobard Henry Martyn Humphrey Ogle Richard Sparcheford
Early modern (Shropshire)	Richard Smythe Robert Grensill Robert Greenwiche Morgan Godwin Thomas Cooke Stephen Philips Francis Wheeler Adam Ottley Robert Comyn Richard Crosse Samuel Croxall Robert Breton Egerton Leigh John Harley Robert Clive Joseph Plymley (Corbett) William Vickers William Waring (became Archdeacon of Ludlow)
Archdeacons of Ludlow	William Waring (previously Archdeacon of Shropshire) George Maddison Henry Bather Algernon Oldham Alfred Lilley Edwin Bartleet Henry Dixon Herbert Whately Hugh Bevan John Lewis Andrew Woodhouse Mark Wood (Bishop of Ludlow) Ian Griggs Richard Lewis John Saxbee (Bishop of Ludlow) Michael Hooper (Bishop of Ludlow) Alistair Magowan (Bishop of Ludlow) Fiona Gibson

v t e Archdeacons of Hereford
High Medieval	Heinfrid (territory unspecified) Geoffrey (territory unspecified) Peter Ralph Foliot William fitzWalter Alexander de Walton William de Ria Henry Bustard William of Conflans Roger of Sevenoaks Richard of Hertford
Late Medieval	Henry de Shorne Thomas de Chaundos (Sr) John de Barton William de Sheynton John de Bedwardine/Smythes Richard Tissington Richard Kingston John Loveney John Hereford John Barowe Richard Rudhale/Rudhall Richard Martyn Robert Geffrye/Jeffry Thomas Morton William Webb/Webbe John Boothe
Early modern	John Styrmin Richard Cheyney John Glazier Robert Crowley Edward Cowper Simon Smith Silvanus Griffiths Richard Montagu John Hughes Matthew Burst George Benson Samuel Benson William Johnson Brian Turner Thomas Fox John Walker Robert Breton John Harley James Jones John Lilly Henry Wetherell Richard Lane Freer
Late modern	Frederick Fiennes Berkeley Scudamore-Stanhope Edward Winnington-Ingram Rowland Money-Kyrle Geoffrey Iliff Arthur Winnington-Ingram Thomas Randolph John Lewis Thomas Barfett Andrew Woodhouse Leonard Moss Michael Hooper John Tiller Malcolm Colmer Paddy Benson Derek Chedzey

v t e Deans of Windsor
Late Medieval	William Mugge Walter Almaly Thomas Butler Richard Kingston John Arundel Thomas Manning John Faux William Morland William Dudley Peter Courtenay Richard Beauchamp Thomas Danett William Bealey John Morgan Christopher Urswick
Early modern	Christopher Bainbridge Thomas Hobbs Nicholas West John Vesey John Clerk Richard Sampson William Franklyn Owen Oglethorpe Hugh Weston John Boxall George Carew William Day Robert Bennet Giles Thomson Anthony Maxey Marco Antonio de Dominis Henry Beaumont Matthew Wren Christopher Wren Edward Hyde Bruno Ryves John Durell Francis Turner Gregory Hascard Thomas Manningham John Robinson The Lord Willoughby de Broke Peniston Booth Frederick Keppel John Harley John Douglas James Cornwallis Charles Manners-Sutton
Late modern	Edward Legge Henry Hobart George Neville-Grenville Gerald Wellesley George Connor Randall Davidson Philip Eliot Albert Baillie Eric Hamilton Robin Woods Launcelot Fleming Michael Mann Patrick Mitchell David Conner Christopher Cocksworth

v t e Bishops of Hereford
Early Medieval	Putta Tyrhtel Torhthere Walhstod Cuthbert of Canterbury Podda Acca Headda Aldberht Esne Ceolmund Utel Wulfheard Beonna Eadwulf Cuthwulf Mucel Deorlaf Cynemund Edgar Tidhelm Wulfhelm Ælfric Athulf
High Medieval	Æthelstan Leofgar Ealdred Walter of Lorraine Robert de Losinga Gerard Roger Reynelm Geoffrey de Clive Richard de Capella Robert de Bethune Gilbert Foliot Robert of Melun Robert Foliot William de Vere Giles de Braose Hugh de Mapenor Hugh Foliot Ralph de Maidstone Michael Peter of Aigueblanche John de Breton Thomas de Cantilupe Richard Swinefield
Late Medieval	Adam Orleton Thomas Charleton John Trilleck Lewis de Charleton William Courtenay John Gilbert Thomas Trevenant Robert Mascall Edmund Lacey Thomas Polton Thomas Spofford Richard Beauchamp Reginald Boulers John Stanberry Thomas Mylling Edmund Audley
Early modern	Adriano Castellesi Richard Mayew Charles Booth Edward Foxe Edmund Bonner John Skypp John Harley Robert Parfew Thomas Reynolds John Scory Herbert Westfaling Robert Bennet Francis Godwin William Juxon Godfrey Goodman Augustine Lindsell Matthew Wren Theophilus Feild George Coke Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Nicholas Monck Herbert Croft Gilbert Ironside Humphrey Humphreys Philip Bisse Benjamin Hoadly Henry Egerton Lord James Beauclerk John Harley John Butler
Late modern	Folliott Cornewall John Luxmoore George Huntingford Edward Grey Thomas Musgrave Renn Hampden James Atlay John Percival Hensley Henson Linton Smith Charles Lisle Carr Richard Parsons Tom Longworth Mark Hodson John Eastaugh John Oliver Anthony Priddis Alistair Magowan (acting) Richard Frith Alistair Magowan (acting) Richard Jackson

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