Henry Hyde

Henry John Hyde (April 18, 1924 – November 29, 2007), an American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2007, representing the 6th District of Illinois, an area of Chicago's northwestern suburbs which included O'Hare International Airport. He chaired the Judiciary Committee from 1995 to 2001, and the House International Relations Committee from 2001 to 2007. He gained national attention for his leadership role in managing the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton.

Early life

Hyde was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Monica (Kelly) and Henry Clay Hyde. His father was English and his mother was Irish Catholic. His family supported the Democratic Party. He attended Duke University where he joined the Sigma Chi Fraternity, graduated from Georgetown University and obtained his law degree from Loyola University. Hyde played basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas where he helped take the team to the 1943 championship game. He served in the Navy during World War II. He remained in the Naval Reserve from 1946 to 1968, as an officer in charge of the U.S. Naval Intelligence Reserve Unit in Chicago. He retired at the rank of Commander.

Henry Hyde (Royalist)

Sir Henry Hyde (c.1605–1650) was a Royalist diplomat beheaded by the Parliamentarians, for acting as an envoy for the soon-to-be exiled King, Charles II of England.

He was one of the sons of Lawrence Hyde (1562-1641) of Salisbury, Wiltshire, who was the attorney-general and a Member of Parliament (MP).

Henry became a merchant and consul, based for many years in Turkey. During the Interregnum, he was selected by Charles II (who would flee into exile in 1651), to act as an envoy to the Turkish empire and solicit their support for his cause.

The official Parliamentarian (Roundhead) ambassador, Sir Thomas Bendish, strongly objected and prevailed upon the Turks to arrest him and ship him back to England. The Third English Civil War was raging at this time, as well.

Sir Henry Hyde was imprisoned in the Tower, charged with treason, and tried by a court made up from the House of Commons. The court found him guilty and sentenced him to death. He was beheaded, after kissing the executioner's axe, outside the Old Exchange in Cornhill, London, on 4 March 1650. His remains were interred in Salisbury Cathedral where his epitaph is inscribed on a marble tablet.

Henry Hyde (died 1634)

Henry Hyde (c. 1563 – September 29, 1634) was an English politician and lawyer. He was the father of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609–1674), and thus was great-grandfather of two British monarchs, Queen Mary II and Queen Anne. He lived at Dinton and later at Purton, Wiltshire.

Origins

Hyde was born circa 1563, the son of Lawrence Hyde I (d.1590), MP, by his wife Anne Sybill. His brothers were Sir Nicholas Hyde (c.1572–1631), Lord Chief Justice of England (1627-1631) and Lawrence Hyde II (1562–1641), attorney-general to Anne of Denmark, wife of King James I.

Career

He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, (then Magdalen Hall) aged 16 in 1579. He graduated BA in 1581, and was raised to the degree of MA in 1584. He entered the Middle Temple and practised as a lawyer. He was Member of Parliament for Ludgershall in 1588-9, and Old Sarum in 1601.

Character

Clarendon venerated his father's memory, describing him as the best of fathers and friends, and remarked that none of the honours he received through his life equalled that of being his father's son. His one surviving letter, to his brother Nicholas, suggests a kindly, good-humoured country gentleman, with a concern for the welfare of the poor not always shared by members of his class.

Henry Hyde (disambiguation)

Henry Hyde was an American politician.

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