| Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl Of Clarendon |
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| 1638 births | |
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| 1709 deaths | |
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After his father was banished, Henry opposed the court party. In 1674 , he succeeded to his father's title to become the second Earl Of Clarendon . In 1685 , Henry's brother-in-law, King James II , appointed him Lord Privy Seal . A few months later, he was made Lord-Lieutenant Of Ireland . In 1687 , Henry and his brother, the Earl Of Rochester , fell from the king's favour and were dismissed. In December 1688 , Henry and his brother Lord Rochester joined the party of William Of Orange during the Revolution Of 1688 . The following year, however, Henry refused to swear an oath of allegiance to William, and was imprisoned as a Jacobite for six months. He died in 1709 ; his son, Edward, Lord Cornbury , inherited his title. Henry's papers were published in 1828 as ''The Clarendon Papers''. |
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