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Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon PC JP (18 February 1609 – 9 December 1674) was an English statesman, lawyer, diplomat and historian who served as chief advisor to Charles I during the First English Civil War, and Lord Chancellor to Charles II from 1660 to 1667. Hyde largely avoided involvement in the political disputes of the 1630s until ...
Lord Clarendon's daughter Anne Hyde married the future King James II and was the mother of Queen Mary II and Queen Anne. Lord Clarendon was succeeded by his eldest son Henry, the second Earl. He was also a politician and served as Lord Privy Seal and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland .
Ask the Chatbot a Question Ask the Chatbot a Question Edward Hyde, 1st earl of Clarendon (born Feb. 18, 1609, Dinton, Wiltshire, Eng.—died Dec. 9, 1674, Rouen, Fr.) was an English statesman and historian, minister to Charles I and Charles II and author of the History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England.
Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon (28 November 1661 – 31 March 1723), styled Viscount Cornbury between 1674 and 1709, was an English aristocrat and politician. Better known by his noble title Lord Cornbury, he was propelled into the forefront of English politics when he and part of his army defected from the Catholic King James II to support the newly arrived Protestant contender, William ...
Mar 17, 2015 · Edward Hyde, 1 st Earl of Clarendon, was the most important politician in the first few years of the reign of Charles II after the 1660 Restoration. Clarendon played a leading part in the Restoration Settlement and he served Charles II as Lord Chancellor and Chief Minister until his dismissal from office.
He helped bring about the Restoration of Charles II and was created earl of Clarendon in 1661. As lord chancellor (1660–67), he dominated most aspects of the administration. His criticism of the king’s immorality eventually destroyed their friendship, and Parliament made him a scapegoat for the disasters of the Anglo-Dutch War of 1665.
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An exemplum of Clarendon's A Brief View and Survey of the Dangerous and Pernicious Errors to Church and State, in Mr. Hobbes's Book entitled Leviathan (Oxford, 1676), which, according to the recipient's ‘Ex dono’ inscription, was presented to Evelyn by the second Lord Clarendon, was sold at Christie's, 23 June 1977, lot 372, to Drury.
