Background
She was born in Wiltshire, England to Sir Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork and Elizabeth Boyle, Countess of Cork. In 1665 she married Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, son of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon and Frances Aylesbury.
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Henrietta Hyde
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She was one of the Windsor Beauties painted by Sir Peter Lely. Henrietta had four children. Like most of the Boyle dynasty, who in the space of two generations had become almost all-powerful in the south of Ireland, Henrietta was strong-minded and acquisitive, and could be ruthless in asserting her rights.
Anne, who could herself be a formidable opponent, complained bitterly of her aunt"s "peevishness" to her.
