HYDE, Laurence (Lawrence) (1642-1711)

Family and Education

b. 15 Mar. 1642, 2nd s. Edward Hyde, (later earl of Clarendon) and Frances Aylesbury; bro. of Edward Hyde^‡ Henry Hyde, (later 2nd earl of Clarendon). educ. M. Temple 1660. m. bef. 14 June 1665, Lady Henrietta Boyle (d.1687), da. Richard Boyle, earl of Burlington, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 4da. Bodl. Clarendon 83, f. 156; Essay towards the Life of Laurence, Earl of Rochester, (1711), 41. KG 29 June 1685. d. 2 May 1711, admon. 16 May 1711 to Henry Hyde, 2nd earl of Rochester. TNA, PROB 6/8, f. 51v.

Offices Held

Master of robes 1662 – 78; amb. extraordinary, Poland 5 July 1676 – 13 Feb. 1677; plenip., Nijmegen 30 Aug. 1677 – 14 Feb. 1679; envoy, The Hague 1677; commr. treasury 26 Mar. 1679, first ld. 21 Nov. 1679 – 9 Sept. 1684; PC 19 Nov. 1679 – Dec. 1688, 1 Mar. 1692–1702, 18 Mar. 1702–8, 21 Sept. 1710 – d.; ld. pres. 1684 – 85, 1710 – d.; extraordinary gent. of the bedchamber 1680–5; Eg. 3350, ff. 7–8. ld. lt. [I] 1685, CSP Dom. 1684–5, p. 287. 1700 – 03; ld. treas. 16 Feb. 1685 – 4 Jan. 1687; postmaster gen. and chan. to Queen Mary of Modena 1685 – 89; commr. ecclesiastical affairs 1686–7; Ibid. 1686–7, p. 202. commr. appeal for prizes 1694–5. Ibid. 1694–5, p. 204.

Freeman, Portsmouth 1661; commr. assessment, Westminster 1677 – 79, Oxf. Univ. 1677 – 80, Wilts. 1679 – 80; kpr. Richmond New Park 1683–?d.; recorder, Salisbury 1685 – Oct. 1688; custos rot., Herts. 1686 – 89, Cornw. 1710 – d.; ld. lt., Herts. 1687 – 89, Cornw. 1710 – d.; high steward, Oxf. Univ. 1709 – d.

Gov. Merchant Adventurers’ Co. 1684 – c.92.

Parlimentarian

HYDE, Laurence (1642-1711), of St. James’s Square, Westminster and Vasterne Park, Wootton Bassett, Wilts.

Associated with: St James’ Square, Westminster; Westminster;Add. 22267, ff. 164-71.; New Park, Petersham, Surr.;Add. 75357, C. Croft to Henry Browne, 19 Sept. 1692.; Vasterne Park, Wootton Bassett, Wilts.

Likenesses

oil on canvas, by G. Kneller, 1685, English Heritage, Kenwood, London; oil on canvas, by G. Kneller, 1685?, NPG 4033; oil on canvas after W. Wissing, c.1685-7, NPG 819.

Author

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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