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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.
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, 1st earl of Clarendon, (born Feb. 18, 1609, Dinton, Wiltshire, Eng.—died Dec. 9, 1674, Rouen, France.), English statesman and historian. A successful lawyer, he was also well known in literary circles.
Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, who was knighted in 1643 and raised to the peerage in 1661, enjoyed some of the highest political offices in the realm, was trusted adviser to both Charles I and Charles II and was author of the celebrated History of the Rebellion.
May 21, 2018 · Edward Hyde Clarendon, 1st earl of (klâr´əndən), 1609–74, English statesman and historian. Elected (1640) to the Short and Long parliaments, he was at first associated with the opposition to Charles I [1] and helped prepare the impeachment of the earl of Strafford.
The title was created for the first time in the Peerage of England in 1661 for the statesman Edward Hyde, 1st Baron Hyde. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1643 to 1646 and Lord Chancellor from 1658 to 1667 and a close political adviser to Charles II, although he later fell out of favour and was forced into exile.
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.
