Lord Clarendon

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Lord Clarendon was a prominent English statesman and nobleman, best known for serving as Lord Chancellor under King Charles II during the Restoration period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English statesman
Lord Chancellor of England
historian
memoirist
nobleman
allegiance Royalists
birthDate 1609-02-18
birthPlace Dinton, Wiltshire
burialPlace Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster
surface form: Westminster Abbey
causeOfDownfall political opposition and blame for the failure of the Second Anglo-Dutch War
child Anne Hyde
Lord Clarendon self-linksurface differs
surface form: Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon

Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate 1674-12-09
deathPlace Rouen
surface form: Rouen, France
education Magdalen Hall, Oxford
era Stuart period
event impeached by the House of Commons in 1667
went into exile in France in 1667
familyName Hyde
fatherInLawOf Duke of York
surface form: James, Duke of York
givenName Edward
language English
monarchServed Charles I of England
Charles II of England
nobleTitle Earl of Clarendon
Lord Clarendon self-linksurface differs
notableFor authorship of a major history of the English Civil War
leading minister of Charles II after the Restoration
notableWork Life of Edward, Earl of Clarendon, and of His Contemporaries
The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England
parliamentaryService Member of Parliament for Christchurch
Member of Parliament for Saltash
Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury
Member of Parliament for Wootton Bassett
politicalFaction Royalist
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer
Lord Chancellor of England
Secretary of State
Speaker of the House of Commons
profession lawyer
politician
relativeByMarriage James II of England
surface form: King James II of England
roleInEvent advisor to Charles II during the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660
leading royalist statesman during the English Civil War
spouse Frances Aylesbury
writingLanguage English

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Lord Clarendon child Lord Clarendon self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
this entity surface form: Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon
John Gay employer Lord Clarendon
Anne Hyde father Lord Clarendon
this entity surface form: Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
Long Parliament 1640 keyFigure Lord Clarendon
subject surface form: Long Parliament
this entity surface form: Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
Lord Clarendon nobleTitle Lord Clarendon self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
Anne Hyde notableRelative Lord Clarendon
this entity surface form: Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
this entity surface form: Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon