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 ambassadorial duties in France and Poland. In 1679 he was appointed First Lord of the Treasury, and in 1681 created Earl of Rochester. On the accession of James II. he was made Lord Treasurer, but in 1687 was deprived of the office. He was one of those who welcomed William III., in whose reign he was for some time Lord-Lieutenant in Ireland and President of the Council. He died 2 May, 1711. In 1702 he published his father's great work on the History of the Great Rebellion, of which he wrote the preface.

Admitted 14 July, 1590.

Fourth son of Laurence Hyde of West Hatch, Tisbury, Wiltshire, and uncle of, first Earl of Clarendon (q.v.). He was Reader at the Inn in 1617, and Treasurer in 1626, in which year he distinguished himself by his defence of the Duke of Buckingham on his impeachment by the Commons, and by that nobleman's influence he was raised to the Chief Judgeship of the King's Bench in the following year. This position he held for four years and a half, when a fever carried him off in 1631.

Admitted 8 August, 1608.

Second son of Sir Laurence Hyde of the Middle Temple, and of Heale, near Salisbury, where he was born in 1595. He was the nephew of (q.v.), and cousin of the first Earl of Clarendon (q.v.). He was called to the Bar 7 Feb. 1617. He was Lent Reader in 1638, and made Serjeant-at-Law in 1640. He represented Salisbury, of which he was Recorder, in the Long Parliament, from which, however, he was expelled as a malignant. During the Protectorate he pursued his practice at the Bar, and his arguments are reported by Hardres and Siderfin. At the Restoration he was rewarded with the honour of knighthood and raised to the Bench as a Judge of Common Pleas. In Oct. 1663, he was promoted to the Chief Justiceship of the King's Bench, where he presided a year and a half. He died 1 May, 1665.

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Admitted 4 November, 1771.

Only son of Robert Impey of Bedford. Though a member of the Inn, he practised as a Solicitor, and was for many years Attorney of the Sheriffs Court of London and Middlesex. He published two books on the practice of the Common Law Courts, which had for a long time very great authority. They were, The New Instructor Clericalis, stating the Authority, Jurisdiction and Practice of the Court of King's Bench (1782), and The New Instructor Clericalis (1784), doing the same for the Court of Common Pleas. Both books went through several editions. He also wrote treatises on the Sheriff's Court, and the Coroner's Court, and on Pleading. He died at Hammersmith, 14 May, 1829.