The Earl of Clarendon | |
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Member of Parliament for Launceston | |
In office 1692–1711 | |
Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall | |
In office 1711–1714 | |
High Steward of Oxford University | |
In office 1711–1753 | |
Personal details | |
Born | June 1672 |
Died | 10 December 1753 |
Political party | Tory |
Spouse | Jane Leveson-Gower |
Children | 8, including Jane, Catherine, and Henry |
Parent |
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Education | Eton College |
Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon and 2nd Earl of Rochester, PC (June 1672 – 10 December 1753), styled Lord Hyde from 1682 to 1711, was an English Army officer and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1692 until 1711 when he succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Rochester.