Edward Hyde, earl of Clarendon (Dictionary of World Biography: The 17th and 18th Centuries)
Early Life
Edward Hyde was born February 18, 1609, the son of Henry Hyde of Dinton, Wiltshire, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Edward Langford of Trowbridge. His was a prosperous gentry family long established in Wiltshire and Cheshire. He was born a younger son but by young manhood had become his father’s heir through the deaths of his elder brothers.
Hyde attended Magdalen Hall, Oxford, and received his A.B. in 1626; the previous year he had become a member of Middle Temple and prepared for a career at the bar. He married twice, both times most advantageously. His...
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