Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon

Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon and 2nd Earl of Rochester, PC (June 1672 – 10 December 1753) was an English nobleman and politician. He was styled Lord Hyde from 1682 to 1711.

Life

He was the son of the 1st Earl of Rochester and Lady Henrietta, daughter of the 1st Earl of Burlington. His education started at Eton where he studied from 1683 to 1687 and entered Oxford University in 1700. From 1687 to 1690 saw him travel abroad to Italy, Germany and the Dutch Republic. He was Tory MP for Launceston 15 November 1692—2 May 1711 and High Steward of the University of Oxford from 1711. He was appointed to the Privy Council of Great Britain in 1710.

He succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Rochester on 2 May 1711 and his cousin as 4th Earl of Clarendon on 31 March 1723. In 1719 he was one of main subscribers in the Royal Academy of Music (1719), a corporation that produced baroque opera on stage. His death came six months after that of his last surviving son, resulting in the extinction of both earldoms.

Family

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Henry Hyde married Jane Leveson-Gower, with whom he had several children, including Jane (pictured).

He married Jane Leveson-Gower, daughter of Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet, on 8 March 1692. They had children:

• Hon. Henrietta Hyde (bur. 5 July 1710)
• Hon. Edward Hyde (bur. 17 November 1702)
• Hon. Laurence Hyde (b. 6 October 1703; bur. 27 May 1704)
• Hon. Ann Hyde (bur. 2 November 1709)
• Lady Jane Hyde (d. January 1723/1724), married William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex on 27 November 1718
• Lady Catherine Hyde (c. 1701 – 17 July 1777), married Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry on 10 March 1720
• Lady Charlotte Hyde (c.1707 – 17 March 1740)
• Henry Hyde, Viscount Cornbury (1710–1753)

Styles of address

• 1672-1682: Mr Henry Hyde
• 1682-1692: Viscount Hyde
• 1692-1710: Viscount Hyde MP
• 1710-1711: The Rt Hon Viscount Hyde MP
• 1711-1723: The Rt Hon The Earl of Rochester PC
• 1723-1753: The Rt Hon The Earl of Clarendon and Rochester PC

External links

• The Correspondence of Henry Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, Henry Hyde Clarendon, Great Britain, 1828

Parliament of England
Preceded by William Harbord Bernard Granville	Member of Parliament for Launceston 1692 – 1707 With: Bernard Granville 1692–1695 William Cary 1695–1707	Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Parliament of England	Member of Parliament for Launceston 1707 – 1711 With: William Cary 1707–1710 Francis Scobell 1710–1711	Succeeded by Francis Scobell George Clarke
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Rochester	Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Cornwall 1711 – 1714	Succeeded by The Earl of Radnor
Preceded by The Viscount Bolingbroke	Senior Privy Counsellor 1751–1753	Succeeded by Sir James Lowther, Bt
Peerage of England
Preceded by Lawrence Hyde	Earl of Rochester 1711–1753	Extinct
Preceded by Edward Hyde	Earl of Clarendon 1723–1753
	Baron Hyde (descended by acceleration) 1723–1750	Succeeded by Henry Hyde
Preceded by Henry Hyde	Baron Hyde 1753	Extinct