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H. Montgomery Hyde has 60 books on Goodreads with 1738 ratings. H. Montgomery Hyde’s most popular book is The Trials of Oscar Wilde.
- Oscar Wilde by H. Montgomery Hyde
H. Montgomery Hyde. Aesthete, dandy, poet, dramatist and...
- Oscar Wilde by H. Montgomery Hyde
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Born on 14 August 1907, on the Malone Road in Belfast, Hyde was schooled in England at Sedbergh, Cumbria. His father, James Johnstone Hyde was a linen merchant and Unionist councillor for Cromac. Hyde had great pride in his family's connection to the Irish linen trade. Although his mother came from a Protestant Home Rule background, all were involv...
Hyde had planned a parliamentary career since the 1930s and actively scouted for seats until the war intervened postponing an election until 1945. He then applied for the South Belfast Unionist candidature and was unfortunate enough to miss the nomination by one vote. Five years later, North Belfast was to select him. He could have expected to hold...
He was deselected by his party in 1959 after arguing in favour of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in a debate about implementing the Wolfenden Reporton 26 November 1958: a debate he had been most prominent in seeking. Indeed, Hyde was the most vocal of any MP in the 1950s about homosexual law reform. Hyde’s reselection failed to be ratified ...
H. Montgomery Hyde. Harford Montgomery Hyde (14 August 1907 – 10 August 1989), born in Belfast, Ireland, was a barrister, politician (Ulster Unionist MP for Belfast North), prolific author and biographer. He was deselected by his party in 1959, losing his seat in the House of Commons, as a result of campaigning on homosexual law reform. Quick ...
Jan 1, 1975 · H. Montgomery Hyde. Aesthete, dandy, poet, dramatist and philosopher Oscar Wilde's wit and charm dazzled society in London, America and Paris in the late 1880s. But the year 1895 brought Wilde literary triumph -with two plays achieving phenomenal success in London's West End -and personal disaster. Urged on by his friend Lord Alfred Douglas ...
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Jan 1, 1989 · The quiet Canadian: The secret service story of Sir William Stephenson (Intrepid) [H.Montgomery Hyde] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The quiet Canadian: The secret service story of Sir William Stephenson (Intrepid)
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Jan 1, 2001 · H. Montgomery Hyde had a varied and colorful career as an author, private secretary to the 7th Marquess of Londonberry, barrister, historian, intelligence officer, and unionist. The author of The Atom Bomb Spies, Secret Intelligence Agent, and The Quiet Canadian: The Secret Service Story of Sir William Stephenson, he died in 1991.
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Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin. iographical SketchHarford Montgomery Hyde was born in Belfast. Ireland, in 1907. His parents were James Johnstone Hyde, a linen merchant, and Isobel G. Montgomery, a distant cou. in of Henry James. Hyde attended Sedbergh School at Queen's University, Belfast, Magdalen College, and Oxford ...
