Lawrence Hyde (MP for Hindon)

Lawrence Hyde (1593–1643)[1] was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two parliaments between 1624 and 1629.

He was a student of Middle Temple in 1608 and matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford on 9 March 1610, aged 16, then was awarded BA on 19 July 1612.

He was re-elected for Hindon in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.

He was married in 1619 to Amphillis, daughter of Sir Richard Tichborne of Winchester; she died in 1632.

In October 1651 she gave shelter to the future Charles II at Heale House during his flight after the Battle of Worcester.