| Authorised form of name | Hyde; Henry (1638 - 1709); 2nd Earl of Clarendon; politician |
| Dates | 1638 - 1709 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 2 June 1638 |
| Date of death | 31 October 1709 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Baptism:
St Margaret's Westminster, London, England, Europe (11 June 1638)
Burial:
Westminster Abbey, London, England, Europe (4 November 1709) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Activity | Education:
Oxford (MA by diploma 1661); Middle Temple (admitted 1661)
Career:
In exile with his mother at Antwerp and Breda; assisted his father Edward Hyde (FRS 1665) in his correspondence with other Royalists; returned to England at the Restoration (1660); Commissioner for Assessment for Wiltshire (1660-1674), for Middlesex (1661-1663, 1664-1674), for Oxfordshire (1663-1674), and for Berkshire and Westminster (1673-1674); MP for Lyme Regis (1660); MP for Wiltshire (1661-1674); Commissioner for Trade (1660-1668); Commissioner for Oyer and Terminer for Wales (1661); Deputy-Lieutenant of Wiltshire (1661-1662), and for Oxfordshire (1663-1689); Private Secretary to Queen Catherine of Braganza (1662-1665); Custos Rotulorum of Oxfordshire (1663-1689); Lord Chamberlain to the Queen (1665-1668, 1670-1675); High Steward of Reading (1674-?death), of Salisbury (1683-death), and of Oxford University (1686-death); Privy Councillor (1679, 1680-1689); Keeper of Denmark House; Treasurer and Receiver General of the Queen's Revenues (1680-1686); Governor of the New River Company (1682); Lord Privy Seal (1685-1687); Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1685-1687); Commissioner for Licensing Pedlars (1686-1687); defected to William III shortly after his arrival in England, but became a strict Non-Juror and was imprisoned in the Tower of London for plotting on behalf of James II (1690, 1691); on his release, retired to the country |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 01/12/1684 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council 1684 |
| Relationships | Parents: Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (FRS 1665) and Frances Aylesbury; succeeded his father (1674)
Siblings: Edward Hyde; Laurence Hyde
Married: 1) Theodosia Capell; 2) Flower Backhouse (formerly Bishop; née Backhouse)
Additional relatives: brother-in-law James II (FRS 1685); nephew-by-marriage Charles Somerset, Marquis of Worcester (FRS 1673) |
| OtherInfo | Prior to succeeding his father as Earl of Clarendon in 1674, Hyde was known as Viscount Cornbury. Whilst in exile with his parents after the end of the Civil War, his father used Hyde as a copyist and decipherer for his confidential correspondence with other royalists in a similar situation. After the ascension of William to the throne in 1688, Clarendon spent much of his life in seclusion. |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Hunter; Foster; GEC; Henning; ODNB
Authority:
Baptism information from (GEC) |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/45071137 |
| Code | NA5693 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/002358 | Hyde, Henry, 2nd Earl of Clarendon | nd |