There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Hyde. Both are extinct.
Hyde baronets, of Albury (1621)
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Sir Nicholas Hyde, 1st Baronet
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Hyde. Both are extinct.
Hyde baronets, of Albury (1621)
* Sir Nicholas Hyde, 1st Baronet (1561–1625)
* Sir Thomas Hyde, 2nd Baronet (died 1665)
The Hyde Baronetcy, of A ...
(1561–1625)
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Sir Thomas Hyde, 2nd Baronet
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English language, English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist i ...
(died 1665)
The Hyde Baronetcy, of Albury in the County of Hertford, was created in the
Baronetage of England
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain.
Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
King James I ...
on 8 November 1621 for Nicholas Hyde,
Sheriff of Hertfordshire
The High Sheriff of Hertfordshire was an ancient Sheriff title originating in the time of the Angles, not long after the foundation of the Kingdom of England, which was in existence for around a thousand years. On 1 April 1974, under the provis ...
for 1619. The baronetcy became extinct on the death in 1665 of the second Baronet, also sheriff of Hertfordshire (1628).
[George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 1'' 1900]
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Hyde baronets, of Birmingham (1922)
* Sir Charles Hyde, OBE, 1st Baronet (1876–1942)
The Hyde Baronetcy, of Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...
, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain.
Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
James I of E ...
on 19 January 1921 for the newspaper proprietor Charles Hyde, of Berkswell
Berkswell ( ) is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, county of West Midlands, England.
Historically in Warwickshire, Berkswell is situated in the rural east of the borough, approximately 2 miles (3.25 km) ...
, Warwickshire
Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...
. He was the grandson of John Frederick Feeney
John Frederick Feeney (1807–1869) was an Irish journalist and newspaper proprietor.
Spending most of his adult life in Birmingham, England, he owned the '' Birmingham Journal'' and, with John Jaffray, founded the '' Birmingham Post''. H ...
founder of the ''Birmingham Post
The ''Birmingham Post'' is a weekly printed newspaper based in Birmingham, England, with a circulation of 2,545 and distribution throughout the West Midlands. First published under the name the ''Birmingham Daily Post'' in 1857, it has had a s ...
''. He was born at Worcester, the son of a surgeon, and was educated at Clifton and Exeter College, Oxford. He became the proprietor in 1905 on the death of his uncle John Feeney. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(OBE) in 1920. He was High Sheriff of Warwickshire
This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of the English county of Warwickshire.
The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most ...
in 1933. The title became extinct on his death in 1942.
Sir Charles Hyde was a great benefactor to the University of Birmingham
, mottoeng = Through efforts to heights
, established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...
. In 1925 he gave £100,000, part of which was to be devoted to the building of the Birmingham University Students' Union building. He contributed £10,000 to the Birmingham University appeal fund in 1920. He bought and equipped a hostel for men undergraduates, known as Chancellor's Hall. He also gave £10,000 in 1936 for a Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Museum in Birmingham University's Medical School.
From 1924 until 1927 he was Commodore of Midland Sailing Club
Midland Sailing Club is an amateur sailing club, based at Birmingham in England. It is situated on Edgbaston Reservoir in the centre of Birmingham. The club was founded in 1894.
It is an open sailing club for men, women, adults, and children of ...
, succeeding Neville Chamberlain
Arthur Neville Chamberlain (; 18 March 18699 November 1940) was a British politician of the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. He is best known for his foreign policy of appeasemen ...
.
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People associated with the University of Birmingham
Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England
Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom