278 CLARENDON. [Edward Hyde, styied Yisooust Cokxbury, only siirv. s. awl h. np. bap, 6 Oct. 1691 at St, James, Westm., became, on his mother's death, in 170(i, Loud Clifton ok Leighton Bromswold ; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 10 Oct. 1707, and, on 12 Jan. 1712, took his seat in the House of Lords. He d. anm., v. p. 12, aw! was bur. 20 Feb. 1712/3 in Westm. Abbey (»). Will in which he styles himself " Lord Viscount Curnuury, and Baron Clifton," dat. '25 May 1710, pr. "l7 June 1713 and 8 Feb. 1722/3.] IV. 1723, 4. HE.viir (Hyde), JLari, ov ClabbndoN [16(51], Earl to OK ROCHESTER [16S2], YlSCOVNT CORNBCRY [1601], YlsCOVNT HlMI OK 1753. Kenilwouth [1 081], Baron Hyde ok Hindon [1660], and Baron of Wotton Basset [1681], cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of Lawrence, 1st Earl of Rochester, by Henrietta, itsuu «t lUchartl (Boylf), 1st Earl of Behjj.vgtox, &c, which Laurence mu yr. .-. <>f Kdward, 1st Karl of Clarendon. He was b. 1672 ; was M.P. for Launccaton 1092-1713 '■ Was it. B.C.L. of Oxford, 7 Oct. 1700 ; First Clerk of the Writs in Chancery, 1703: Joint Paymaster Gen. [I], 1710 ; P.O., 1710-14 ; sue. his Father 2 .May 1711, as Btrl of Rochester, &c. ; Ranger of Richmond Park, 1711-27 ; High Steward of the Univ. of Oxford. 1711 | Lord Lieut, of Cornwall, 1711-14. He m. (Lie. from P»c. offiM 2 March 1601/2) Jane, sister of John, 1st Baron GoWer ok StittiNHam. da. of .Sir William LeVeson-Gower, 4th Bart., by Jane, 2nd and yst. da. of John (Granville), EdBt of Bath. She, who had a portion of .£16,000, d. 24 May, ami was bur. 1 June 1725 in Westni. Abbey, aged 55. He d. s.p.m.s., 10 Dec. 1753, when all his honouri oceanic extinct.^) Adnion. 9 Feb. 1754 to his da. " Catherine, Duchess of Queensbury and Dover," and again Juno 1783. [HeiYki- Hyde, styled Viscount Cor.ybuey, 3nl hut 1st »«ry. s. ami fa. an., b. 28 Nov. 1710 ; Matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 21 May 1725 ; sometime M.P. ior that Univ., Feb. 1731/2 t" 1750 ; was a: D.C.L., 6 Dec. 1728 : Gent, of the lied- chamber to the Prince of Wales, 1738. On 28 Jany. 1750 he was sum. v. p. to the House of Lords in his Father's Barony as LORD HYDE OF HINDOTS. He*. Nov. 173", fVatoeefl) da. of George Henry (Lee), 2nd Earl of Lkhfiklo, by Frances, da. of Sir John Hales, Bart. He d. s.p., six months before his Father, at Pari*, from a fall from his horse, 26 April, and was bur. 12 June 1753 in Westm. Abbey, when his Barony reverted to his Father. Will, &e., dat. 10 and 11 Aug. 1751, as " Lord Hyde " (leaving the writings and papers of his great grandfather, the 1st Earl of Clarendon, to the Bodleian library, Oxford, and the bulk of his property to his niece La-ly Charlotte Capel, afterwards Villiers, and her issue in toil male), pr. 2 May 1753]. V. 177G. 1. The Hon. Thojla.s Vuxiers, 2nd s. of William, 2d Earl of Jersey, by Judith, da. and h. of Frederick Hkune of London, was b. 1709 ; ed. at St. Johns Coll. Cambridge ; was Envoy to Warsaw, 1737 ; Minister Pienipo. to Dresden, 1740-47; to Vienna 1742-43; and to Berlin 1746-48 ; M.P. for Tamworth, 1747-56 ; one of the Lords of the Admiralty 1748 ; and, having m. 30 March 1752, Charlotte, 1st surv-da. of William (Capjjl,) 3d Earl of Essex, by his first wife, Jane, da. of Henry (Hyde), 4th and last Eakl ok Clarendon, abovenamed, (the said Charlotte being coheir of her said Mother) he was cr., on 3 June 1 756, Baron Hyeb or Hixdox, co. Wilts, with rem. of the said dignity to the Henry, Lord O'Brian and the Lady Catharine his wife, who was sole sister and h. to the Most Noble diaries, Duke of Richmond and Lenox ; born the 29th day of Jan. in the year 1673 ; departed this life at the city of New York in America, the 11th day of August 1706, in the 34th year of her age." (») His only surv. sister and h., Theodosia, became, by his death, suo jure BaroneBS Clifton of Leighton Bromswold, and conveyed that title to the family of Bligh. (") His burial is not entered in the Registers of Westm. Abbey, but not improbably it took place there, where his son (but 6 months before), bis wife, parents, grand- parents, &c, were all buried.
