harley
harley — noun
1. The surname of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford (1661–1724), an English politic
1.名詞
釋義
The surname of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford (1661–1724), an English politician who served as a leading government minister under Queen Anne and helped end the War of the Spanish Succession through the Treaty of Utrecht.
例句
Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, was a powerful figure in Queen Anne's government.
proper noun referring to a historical figure
Harley helped negotiate the Treaty of Utrecht, which ended twelve years of war in Europe.
surname alone for a known figure
The library that Harley built later became an important part of the British Museum collection.
Historians often describe Harley as a skilled negotiator who kept the peace between rival political groups.