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 264 CLARENDON the Prince of Wales, 1644-49. ^Y Charles II, when in exile, he was sent as Joint Ambassador (with Lord Cottington) to Spain, 1649-51 ; Sec. of State, 1653-57; Lord High Chancellor (so declared at Bruges), Jan. 1657/8 to Aug. i667;(*) First Commissioner of the Treasury, June to Sep. 1660. He refused to accept what he regarded as the unconstitutional post of Prime Minister, but was so in fact for some time after the Restoration. Chanc. of Oxford Univ. 22 Oct. 1660-67, when he resigned. High Steward of Cambridge (borough) 1660-70. On 3 Nov. 1660, having previously refused a peerage, he was cr. BARON HYDE OF HINDON, Wilts, with a Royal gift of ;{,"20,ooo,('') and on 20 Apr. 1661, was cr. VIS- COUNT CORNBURY,(0 Oxford, and EARL OF CLARENDON.C*) the Exchequer" in patents appointing Commissioners of the Treasury dated 8 Feb. I 64 1/2 and 28 Sep. 1642, and Hyde similarly under date 7 Mar. 1642/3. {ex inform. the Rev. A. B. Beaven). V.G. (^) For the great Officers of State see vol. ii, Appendix D. C") The marriage, in 1660, of his da. Anne, with James, Duke of York (after- wards James II), the h. presumptive to the Crown, was, at about this time, made public, and probably contributed to his unpopularity. (<=) The estate of Cornbury had been presented to him by the King. He spent great sums on enlarging the mansion, which was sold in 1751 to the Duke of Marl- borough, and is now (191 2) in the possession of Vernon James Watney (see Churchill of Whichwood). The Earl was mortgagee of the Royal domain of Clarendon (from Charles I), from which he took his Earldom, and, not unreasonably, expected the grant of the equity of redemption thereof, which, however, he never obtained. See previous page, note " c." {^) An account of this and other creations, made a few days before the Coronation, is in Evelyn's Diary, as under: i66i, April 22. "Was the splendid cavalcade of His Majesty from the Tower of London to Whitehall, when I saw him, in the Banquetting House create six Earls and as many Barons, viz.: — [i] Edward [Hyde] Lord Hyde, Lord Chancellor [rr.] Earl of Clarendon, supported by the Earls of Northum- berland and Sussex; the Earl of Bedford carried the cap and coronet; the Earl of Warwick the sword, [and] the Earl of Newport, the mantle. Next was [2] Capel, cr. Earl of Essex; [3] Brudenell, cr. Earl of Cardigan]; [4], Annesley Viscount] Valentia [I.], cr. Earl of Anglesea; [5] Greenvill, cr. Earl of Bath; and [6] Howard, cr. Earl of Carlisle. The Barons were [i] Denzille Holles; [2] Cornwallis; [3] Booth [cr. Baron Delamere]; [4] Townshend; [5] Cooper [cr. Baron Ashley]; and [6] Crew, who were led up by several Peers, with Garter and officers of arms before them; when, after obedience on their several approaches to the throne, their patents were presented by Garter King-at-Arms, which, being received by the Lord Chamberlain and delivered to His Majesty, and by him to the Secretary of State, were read, and then again delivered to his Majesty, and by him to the several Lords created; they were then robed, their coronets and collars put on by his Majesty, and they were placed in rank on both sides the state and throne; but the Barons put off their caps and circles and held them in their hands, the Earls keeping on their coronets, as cousins to the King." In this same year there was also a num- ber of the eldest sons of Earls sum. in their father's Baronies, while in the previous year (that of the Restoration, 1660) Lord Jermyn had been cr. Earl of St. Albans; the loyal Marquess of Ormonde [I.], being cr. Earl of Brecknock; Monck, Duke OF Albemarle; Montagu, Earl of Sandwich, and Hyde, Baron Hyde of Hindon.