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 268 CLARENDON at Chelsea, "in obscurity and deeply in debt"('') 31 Mar., and was bur. 5 Apr. 1723, in Westm. Abbey, aged 61. Will dat. 30 Mar., pr. 3 July 1723. [Edward Hyde, styled Viscount Cornbury, only surv. s. and h. ap., bap. 6 Oct. 1 69 1, at St. James's, Westm., became, on his mother's death, in 1706, Lord Clifton of Leighton Bromswold; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 10 Oct. 1707, and, on 12 Jan. 1712, took his seat in the House of Lords. He d. of a fever, "got by a surfeit of drinking,"('') unm. and v.p., 12, and was bur. 20 Feb. 171 2/3, in Westm. Abbey, aged 2i.('') Will in which he styles himself " Z-or^ Viscount Cornbury, and Baron Clifton" dat. 25 May 1710, pr. 17 June 17 13 and 8 Feb. 1722/3.] IV. 1723 4. Henry (Hyde), Earl OF Clarendon [166 1], Earl to OF Rochester [1682], Viscount Cornbury [1661], Vis- 1753. count Hyde of Kenilworth [1681], Baron Hyde of Hindon [1660], and Baron of Wotton Bassett [168 i], cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of Lawrence, ist Earl of Rochester, by Henrietta, da. of Richard (Boyle), ist Earl of Burlington, which Lawrence was yr. s. of Edward, ist Earl of Clarendon. He was b. 1672; was M.P. (Tory) for Launceston 1692-17 11; was cr. D.C.L. of Oxford, 7 Oct. 1700; First Clerk of the Writs in Chancery, 1703; Joint Vice- Treasurer and Paymaster [I.] 1710-16; P.C. 19 Oct. 1710 to Sep. 1714; sue. his father 2 May 1 7 11, as Earl of Rochester, &'c. ; Ranger of Richmond Park, 1711-27; High Steward of the Univ. of Oxford 171 1 till his death; Lord Lieut, of Cornwall, 1711-14. He m. (lie. Fac. Office 2 Mar. 1691/2), Jane, sister of John, ist Baron Gower of Stittenham, da. of Sir William Lev^son-Gower, 4th Bart., by Jane, 2nd and yst. da. of John (Granville), Earl of Bath. She, who had a portion of ;^ 16,000, d. 24 May, and was bur. i June 1725, in Westm. Abbey, aged 55. He d. s.p.m.s., 10 Dec. 1753, aged 81, when all his honours became extinct.(f) Admon. 9 Feb. 1754 to his da. "Catherine, Duchess of Queensbury and Dover," and again June 1783. [Henry Hyde, stykd Viscount Cornbury, 3rd but ist surv. s. and h. ap., b. 2S Nov. 17 10; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 21 May 1725; was cr. D.C.L., 6 Dec. 1728; M.P. (Tory) for Oxford Univ., Feb. 1731/2 to Jan. 1 7 50/ 1 ; said to have been Gent, of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales, (') Note in Westm. Abbey Registers, ut supra. ('') " A very fine pretty gentleman, of a tall but thin stature, very good natured, loyal, and well principled in other respects, and might have proved a very useful man had it not been his misfortune to be debauched." (T. Hearne). V.G. (^) His only surv. sister and h., Theodosia, became, by his death, suo jure Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold, and conveyed that title to the family of Bligh. {^) His burial is not entered in the Registers, but not improbably it took place in Westm. Abbey, where his son (but 6 months before), his wife, parents, grandparents, Wc, were all buried.