Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon

He was returned unopposed again at the second general election of 1701 and supported the motion of 26 February 1702 which vindicated the Commons' proceedings in impeaching Whig ministers.

He was returned unopposed as a Tory at the 1705 English general election and voted against the court candidate for speaker on 25 October 1705.

He was Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall to 1714, a Commissioner for building fifty new churches to 1715, Keeper of Richmond New Park to 1727, and High Steward of Oxford University from 1711 for the rest of his life.

[1] In 1719 he was one of main subscribers in the Royal Academy of Music (1719), a corporation that produced baroque opera on stage.

By his wife Jane, he had children: Lord Rochester died on 10 December 1753, and was buried at Wootton Bassett.

His last surviving son Henry Hyde, Lord Cornbury died nine months before him and consequently both earldoms became extinct.

Henry Hyde married Jane Leveson-Gower, with whom he had several children, including Jane (pictured).