Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Hyde, (Sir) Edward
Hyde, (Sir) Edward, s. Henry, of Dinton, Wilts, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 31 Jan., 1622-3, aged 14; B.A. 14 Feb., 1625-6; born at Dinton 16 Feb., 1608; bar.-at-law, Middle Temple, 1633; keeper of the writs and rolls of common pleas 1634; M.P. Wotton Bassett April-May 1640, Saltash 1640 (L.P.), till disabled 11 Aug., 1642, chancellor of exchequer 1643-60, P.C. 1643, knighted 22 Feb., 1643, created baron Hyde 1660, and earl of Clarendon 1661, chancellor of the university 1660-7, and high steward of Cambridge 1660, chancellor of England 1658 (in exile) till 1667; died at Rouen 9 Dec., 1675; father of Henry 1661, and James 1675, Laurence 1661, and Edward 1660. See Ath. iii. 1018; Rawl. i. 105; Bloxam, v. 84n.; Foster's Judges and Barristers; London Marriage Licences, ed. Foster; & D.N.B.