Harley receiving The Legion's Memorial, 1701. Written by Daniel Defoe it demanded the release of the Kentish petitioners, who had asked Parliament to support the king in an imminent war against France. Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, 1661 –1724. British statesman. From Cassell's Illustrated History of England, published

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