Background
He was the son of the 1st Earl of Rochester and Lady Henrietta, daughter of the 1st Earl of Burlington.
He was the son of the 1st Earl of Rochester and Lady Henrietta, daughter of the 1st Earl of Burlington.
His education started at Eton where he studied from 1683 to 1687 and entered Oxford University in 1700.
He was styled Lord Hyde from 1682 to 1711. From 1687 to 1690 saw him travel abroad to Italy, Germany and the Dutch Republic. He was Tory Member of Parliament for Launceston 15 November 1692-1692 May 1711 and High Steward of the University of Oxford from 1711.
He was appointed to the Privy Council of Great Britain in 1710.
In 1719 he was one of main subscribers in the Royal Academy of Music (1719), a corporation that produced baroque opera on stage. His death came six months after that of his only surviving son, resulting in the extinction of both earldoms.
Honorary Henrietta Hyde (bur 5 July 1710)
Honorary
Edward Hyde (bur 17 November 1702)
Honorary Laurence Hyde (b 6 October 1703.
Bureau 27 May 1704)
Honorary Ann Hyde (bur 2 November 1709)
Lady Jane Hyde (d January 1723/1724), married William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex on 27 November 1718
Lady Catherine Hyde (c 1701 – 17 July 1777), married Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry on 10 March 1720
Lady Charlotte Hyde (c1707 – 17 March 1740)
Henry Hyde, Viscount Cornbury (1710–1753).
1st Parliament of Great Britain. 2nd Parliament of Great Britain. 3rd Parliament of Great Britain.