Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon was an English statesman, lawyer, diplomat and historian who served as chief adviser to Charles I during the First English Civil War, and Lord Chancellor to Charles
Portrait by Peter Lely
Edward Hyde in 1626, aged 17, by Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen
Edward Hyde by William Dobson, circa 1643
Hyde's daughter Anne, James and their two daughters, Lady Mary and Lady Anne; these links brought power and enemies
The History of the Rebellion
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The History of the Rebellion by Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon and former advisor to Charles I and Charles II, is his account of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Originally published between 1702 a
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
…was charged with treason and forced into permanent exile. He lived in continental Europe until his death in 1674; during this period he completed The History of the Rebellion, now regarded as one of the most significant histories of the 1642-to-1646 civil war. First written as a defence of Charles I, it was extensively revised…
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, circa 1648–1655. Portrait by Adriaen Hanneman (d. 1671), National Portrait Gallery, London, no 773
King Charles the 2d in Disguise rideing before Mrs Lane by which he made his Escape; the Lord Wilmot at a distance. Clarendon Vol: 3. Pag. 418.