Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon
Former Lord Privy Seal of the United Kingdom
Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon, PC was an English aristocrat and politician. He held high office at the beginning of the reign of his brother-in-law, King James II. Wikipedia
Born: June 2, 1638, Kingdom of England
Died: October 31, 1709 (age 71 years), United Kingdom
Children: Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon
Great-grandparents: Lawrence Hyde, Francis Denman, Anne Blount, and more
Siblings: Laurence Hyde Earl of Rochester and Anne Hyde
Great grandchildren: George Bligh, Lady Ann Bligh, Lady Theodosia Bligh, and more
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Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon, PC (2 June 1638 – 31 October 1709) was an English aristocrat and politician. He held high office at the beginning of the ...
Oct 27, 2024 ˇ English statesman, the eldest son of the 1st Earl of Clarendon and a Royalist who opposed the accession of William and Mary.
Family and Education. b. 2 June 1638, 1st s. of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, and bro. of Hon. Edward Hyde and Laurence Hyde. educ. M. Temple 1661. m.
Henry Hyde was Member of Parliament for Wiltshire, until 1674. He was Lord Privy Seal and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1685 to 1687. His opposition to ...
Clarendon was the son of the lord chancellor, and brother of Anne Hyde, mother of Queen Mary and Queen Anne. On the accession of his brother‐in‐law James II ...
Henry was the eldest son of Edward Hyde, the 1st Earl of Clarendon, and his second wife, Frances, the daughter of Sir Thomas Aylesbury. As Royalist exiles, both ...
Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon. (1638-1709), Politician; Lord Privy Seal. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Henry Hyde 2nd Earl Clarendon was born to Edward Hyde 1st Earl Clarendon and Frances Aylesbury Countess Clarendon.
He married, secondly, Flower Backhouse, daughter of Sir John Backhouse and Flower Henshaw, on 19 October 1670. Child of Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon and ...
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Henry Hyde, Viscount Cornbury, later 2nd Earl of Clarendon (1688–1709) and his wife, Theodosia Capel, Viscountess Cornbury, by Peter Lely.