Family and Education
b. 18 Feb. 1609, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Henry Hyde of Purton, and Mary (d.1661), da. of Edward Langford of Trowbridge. Clarendon, Life (1857), i. 5; Vis. Wilts. 1623 ed. G. D. Squibb (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 100. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. matric. 31 Jan. 1623, BA 14 Feb. 1626; M. Temple 1 Feb. 1626, called 22 Nov. 1633. m. (1) 4 Feb. 1632, Anne (d. 2 July 1632), da. of Sir George Ayliffe of Grittenham, s.p.; (2) 10 July 1634, Frances (d. 9 Aug. 1667), da. of Sir Thomas Aylesbury of Westminster, 6s. (3 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.). R. Ollard, Clarendon and His Friends, 22, 23, 42, 352; London Marriage Lics. ed. J. Foster, 738; PROB 11/349, f. 132. suc. fa. 29 Sept. 163. Vis. Wilts. 1623 ed. Squibb, 100. Kntd. 22 Feb. 1643; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 215. d. 9 Dec. 1674.
Offices Held

PC 22 Feb. 1643 – 30 Jan. 1649, 13 May 1649 – 4 Dec. 1667; under-treas. and chan. of the exch., 3 Mar. 1643-June 1660; Clarendon, Rebellion, ii. 527; CTB, i. 56. mbr. council of war, by 14 Mar. 1643-aft. Dec. 1644; Harl. 6851, f. 133; Harl. 6802, f. 357. commr. treasury, 25 July 1643–?, E 403/2522, pp. 6–8. 19 June – 8 Sept. 1660; mbr. prince of Wales’s council, 28 Jan. 1645-Jan. 1649; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 252–3. all commissions, 14 May 1661-Feb. 1668; C 181/7, pp. 99, 320, 321, 322. commr. sale of Dunkirk, 1662.

Custos brevium ct. of common pleas (in reversion), 4 Dec. 1634–1 Feb. 1644; Coventry Docquets, 190; CJ, iii. 385; LJ, vi. 405a, 406. ld. high chan. 29 Jan. 1658 – 30 Aug. 1667.

High steward, Cambridge 19 June 1660–70, Cambs. RO, Cambridge corporation archive, common day bk. 1647–81, f. 127v. Abingdon, 15 June 1661–?, CCSP, v. 107. Norwich Cathedral 1661 – 70, Yarmouth 1661 – d., Salisbury, Oct. 1662, HMC Var. Coll. iv. 244, 4 Oct. 1662. Winchester, 17 June 1667–?, CCSP, v. 617. Woodstock 1667–?, bishopric of Rochester, Allerton and Allertonshire, deaneries of Chichester and Norwich, Yarmouth CCSP, v. 365.; ld. lt. Oxon. 23 July 1663-Nov. 1667, Bodl. Carte 222, f. 21–22. Wilts. June – Nov. 1667; ranger of Wychwood Forest, 1661.

Council of Royal Fishing of England, Aug. 1661 CSP Dom. 1661–2, p.69.

Chan. Oxf. Univ. 22 Oct. 1660–20 Dec. 1667; Brit. Jnl Educational Studies, ix. 118. FRS, 8 Feb. 1665–?d.T. Birch, History of the Royal Society, ii. 12.

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Associated with: Worcester House, the Strand, London; Berkshire House; Clarendon House, Piccadilly, London; Twickenham; Cornbury House, Charlbury, Oxon.
Likenesses

oil on canvas, by A. Hanneman, c.1648-55, NPG 773; medal, by T. Simon, c.1662, NPG 4361; oil on canvas, by Sir P. Lely, Chequers Court, The Chequers Trust, Bucks.

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