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- 1830-1833 (Creation)
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Born on 10 November 1781, in Albemarle Street, London.
Second son of Harbord Harbord, first Baron Suffield, and his wife, Mary, daughter and coheir of Sir Ralph Assheton, bt, of Middleton, Lancashire. Edward Harbord was born on 10 November 1781. He married Georgiana, daughter and co-heiress of George, second Lord Vernon, on 19 September 1809. She died on 30 September 1824. On 12 September 1826, Edward Harbord married Emily Harriott, youngest daughter of Evelyn Shipley, of Ettington Park, Warwickshire, and Longh Fea Castle, county Monaghan.
Edward Harbord was MP for Great Yarmouth (1806-12) and Shaftesbury (1820-1). He campaigned for better conditions in prisons, the abolition of slavery and the relaxation of game laws. Established Norfolk County Cricket Club.
He died on 6 July 1835, as a result of a fall on a horse.
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Includes copy letter from Henry Brougham to [Edward] Protheroe, 1830; notes of conversation with Lord Gorderick [Frederick John Robinson], 1832; amended printed petition for abolition of the slave trade, 1833; copy of affidavit of Caroline Hubé [of Manchester], a West Indian slave against 'His Grace'nd [after 1823]; notes of numbers of signatures on petition for abolition of slavery; abstract of information regarding the slave question. Bundle marked [in hand of Richard Mackenzie Bacon], 'Mem[ora]da - Slavery; [bundle number] 47'.
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