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Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon PC JP (18 February 1609 – 9 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 from 1660 to 1667.
Earl of Clarendon is a title that has been created twice in British history, in 1661 and 1776. ... Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, ...
The life of Edward, earl of Clarendon, lord high chancellor of England. (2 vol 1911) online; Eustace, Timothy. "Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon," in Timothy Eustace, ed., Statesmen and Politicians of the Stuart Age (London, 1985). Finlayson, Michael G. "Clarendon, Providence, and the Historical Revolution," Albion (1990) 22#4 pp 607–632 in JSTOR
Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper Term of office Other peerage(s) Monarch (reign) Edward Hyde: 13 January 1658 30 August 1667 Baron Hyde in 1660 Earl of Clarendon in 1661 Charles II (1660–1685) Orlando Bridgeman [c] 31 August 1667 17 November 1672 — Anthony Ashley Cooper 1st Earl of Shaftesbury: 17 November 1672 9 November 1673 Heneage Finch ...
The Clarendon ministry was forged out of the royalist camp of Charles II, who was returned to the throne (the English Restoration) in 1660. Two years previously, Lord Hyde (later Earl of Clarendon ) had been appointed Lord Chancellor , and in 1660, he was joined by several other powerful statesmen, including the heir presumptive of the English ...
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon: 1667: Gilbert Sheldon: 1669: James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde: 1688: James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde: 1715: Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran: 1759: John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland: 1762: George Lee, 3rd Earl of Lichfield: 1772: Frederick North, Lord North (Earl of Guilford from 1790) 1792: William ...
George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (12 January 1800 – 27 June 1870) was an English diplomat and statesman from the Villiers family. He served a succession of Whig and Liberal administrations.
1st Earl of Clarendon (1709–1786) [Note 12] 14 June 1771 17 April 1782 Whig John Dunning 1st Baron Ashburton (1731–1783) 17 April 1782 29 August 1783 Whig Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby (1752–1834) 29 August 1783 31 December 1783 Whig Thomas Villiers 1st Earl of Clarendon (1709–1786) 31 December 1783 6 September 1786 Whig ...