sentences:  He was returned for the Oxford Parliament of 1681, and was expected to play a crucial role, but the King dissolved it after only a week.Leaving England on the accession of James II, Harbord served as a volunteer in the Imperial Army at Siege of Buda in 1686.He accompanied William of Orange on his invasion of England in 1688, and the following year was made a Privy Counsellor , to the dismay of the Tory party, and Paymaster of the Forces in Ireland.