[2] During the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II on her silver coronation anniversary[3] in 1977, Hyde was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire.
He attended St. John's College then entered the administrative service of British Honduras.
The couple raised seven sons and two daughters, of whom Dartmouth's Evan X Hyde is the eldest.
[2] In the administrative service of British Honduras, Hyde met various authorities and in 1944 went to the post office of Belize.
In 1959 he returned for twelve months to the General Post Office in Great Britain.