Edward Hyde (baptised 1 April 1645; died 10 January 1665) briefly served as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of England.

Biography

Hyde was the third son of

Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (18 February 16099 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 fro ...

. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and the

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. In 1664, age nineteen, he was elected to Parliament for

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, on the nomination of his father, the High Steward of the city. He died the following year.John. P. Ferris
HYDE, Hon. Edward (1645-65), of the Middle Temple, London.
in ''

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: the House of Commons 1660-1690'' (1983).

References

1645 births 1665 deaths Younger sons of earls Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Members of the Middle Temple English MPs 1661–1679 {{17thC-England-MP-stub