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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.
Earl of Clarendon is a title that has been created twice in British history, in 1661 and 1776. The family seat is Holywell House, near Swanmore, Hampshire . First creation of the title. The title was created for the first time in the Peerage of England in 1661 for the statesman Edward Hyde, 1st Baron Hyde.
- 14 June 1776
- Thomas Villiers
- George Villiers
- Peerage of Great Britain
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. Clarendon was born on February 18 th, 1609.
May 23, 2018 · 1st Earl of Clarendon. The English statesman and historian Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609-1674), was the first minister of Charles II in exile and then in England until 1666. The son of Henry Hyde of Dinton, Wiltshire, Edward Hyde was born on Feb. 18, 1609.
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, first Earl of Clarendon, was the greatest English statesman on the Royalist side in the period of the English Puritan Revolution. Born in 1608, educated at Oxford University (to which he remained always devoted), trained as a lawyer, but always interested in literature and historical studies, he entered politics in November 1640 ...
