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 CLARENDON. 277 1st da. and coheir of Francis Denman, of West Retford, Notts. She, who was bap. 25 Aug. Hi 17, ;it St. Margaret's Westm., d. 9 and was our. 17 Aug. 1667, in Westm. Abbey. He d. at Kouen, in France, 10 Dec. 1074, and was bur. 5 Jany. following in Westui. Abbey. Will dat. 11 Dec. 1674, pr. 14 Dec. 1675.(") II. 1G74. 2. Henry (Hyde), Earl of Clarendon, &c, 1st s. andh., 6. 2 and bap. 11 June 1038 at St. Margaret's Westui. He was a: M.A., Oxford, by diploma, 14 Feb. 16(10/1 ; KB., 1? April 1661 ; H.F. for Wilts (as Viscount Contour*/), 1061-71 ; Private See. to the Queeu Consort, 1662 ; Lord Cham- berlain to her, 1665 ; High Steward of Heading, 1674 ; F.C., 1680 ; Keeper of Somer- set House, 1CS0 ; Treasurer to the Queen Consort, 1680-85 ; F.R.S., 1684. He was in high favour with his far. in law, King James II, to whom he was Lord Privy Seal, Feb. 1865 to March 1687, and Lord Lieut. Of Ireland, Oct. 1685 to Feb. 1687. High Steward of Salisbury, 1685 ; High Steward of the Univ. of Oxford, 1686, and Councillor to the Queen Consort, 1687. He was, however, with his sou, among the earliest to desert the King in 16S8,( h ) altho' he, did not take any part under the new dynasty. He IB. firstly, Jany. 1661, Theodosia,( c ) 3rd da. of Arthur (Cai-ell), 1st Ba80H CaPMX ok TEWKESBURY, by Dorothy, da. of Richard Bennbt. She, who was Imp. 3 Jany. 1639/40, at Little Hadham, was bur. there (as Viscountess Cornbury) 22 March 1661/2. He m. secondly, before 1676, Flower, widow of Sir William Backhouse, Bart, (who d. 22 Aug. 1669), relict (formerly) of William Bisuof, da. aud h. of William IUcKiiorsE, of Swallowfield, Berks, by Anna, da. of Bryan Richards, of Hartley Westfield, Hants. He d. 31 Oct. aud was bur. i Nov. 1709, in Westm. Abbey. Admon. 11 May 1713 aud 2 March 1747/3. III. 170!). 3. Edwaro (Hyde), Earl op Clarendon, &c, only s. and h. by 1st wife, b. Dec. 1661 ; mat. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 23 Jan., 1674/5 (being then styled Viscount Cornburv). Lieut.-Col. of the Royal Reg. of Dragoons, 1683; Col. thereof, 1685-89; MP. for Wilts, 1685-95 ; for Christ- cmircb. 1695-1761; Master of the Horse to Prince George of Denmark, 1085-90 ; Page of Honour to James II at his Coronation, 23 April, 1683. From that King, how- ever, for whom he was then in command, he, with as many troops as he could induce tu follow him, was one of the earliest deserters('') in 1688. He was Gov. of New York and New Jersey, 1701 to 1708, where he " earned a most unenviable reputation, which he appears to have fully deserved, and his character aud conduct were equally abhorred in both hemispheres ;"('■) P.C., 1711 ; Envoy extraordinary to Hanover, 30 May 1714. He m. " clandestinely "(<•) 10 July 1688, at Totteridge, Herts, (mar. lie. from Vic. Gen.) Catharine, only surv. da. and h. of Henry O'Brien, styled Lord IiatACKAN, by Catharine, suo jure, Baroness Clifton ok Leighton Bromswold. She, who was b. 29 Jan. 1673, and who, on her mother's death iir Nov. 1702, became, suo jure Bauoness Clifton of Leioiiton Bromswold, d. at New York, America, 11 Aug. 1706, in her 34th year, and was bur. in Trinity church there.(°) He d. " in obscurity aud deeply hi debt"( d ) 31 March, and w;is bur. 5 April 1723, in Westm. Abbey. Will dat. 30 March, 1723, pr. 3 July 1723. P) He "will ever be regarded with admiration and reverence for his devoted adherence to Charles I during his misfortunes, aud to Charles II for nearly 20 years after— the almost universal verdict, after two centuries of investigation— [which is] an unreserved acknowledgment of his loyalty, his wisdom, and his integrity." See Fuss' " Judrjes." Horace Walpole most happily says of him, "in his double capacity of Statesman aud Historian, that he acted for liberty, but xerote for prerogative." ( b ) See a list of those " in arms for the Prince of Orange " (among which he was), ante, Vol. i, p. 28, note " b," where some notice is given of him. ( c ) She was a great beauty. " The lovely Mrs. Hyde by long practise subdued her glances to such a languishing tenderness that her eyes never opened more than those of a Chinese." See introduction to the " Court Beauties of the reign of Charles II," by Mrs. Jameson, where the Authoress is speaking of the style of Lely's portraits. ( d ) See note by Col. Chester in his " Westm. Abbey Registers," p. 308. (°) The inscription on her coffin plate, found in 1S39, when Trinity church, New Wk, was re-built, is as follows : — " Catharine, Lady Viscountess Cornbury, Baroness of Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in the co. of Warwick, sole surv. da. and b. of