Laurence Hyde 1642-1711

Laurence HYDE, 1st Earl of Rochester 1642-1711

Bookplate of Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester (BM Franks Collection *106)

Biographical Note

2nd son of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609-1674). MP for Newport in 1660, Oxford University in 1661 and Wootton Bassett in 1679. Made Master of the Robes in 1662 and in 1676 he was appointed ambassador-extraordinary by Charles II to the king of Poland.

Characteristic Markings

Used an engraved armorial bookplate.

Sources

• Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.*106.
• Speck, W. A. "Hyde, Laurence, first earl of Rochester (bap. 1642, d. 1711), politician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.