Henry Hyde (died 1634)

Henry Hyde (c. 1563 – 29 September 1634) was an English lawyer and member of Parliament.

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.

[1] 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.

He entered the Middle Temple and practised as a lawyer.

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.