Edward Hyde

Type Figure Region England Time 1609–1674 Also known as Earl of Clarendon

English statesman and historian, a core royalist adviser under Charles I and Charles II;…

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1651–1659The Hague · South HollandAfter the Battle of Worcester, Hyde became one of Charles II's most important advisers, directing policy drafting and foreign negotiations at The Hague, Paris, and elsewhere, laying groundwork in advance for the constitutional arrangements and church order of the Restoration.
1660London · Greater LondonAfter returning to England with the king in 1660, he was created Earl of Clarendon and appointed Lord Chancellor, directing early Restoration legislation and administrative reorganization and establishing the basic political framework of the restored Stuart regime.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Edward Hyde, first earl of Clarendon (2004) https://www.oxforddnb.com/
Britannica: Edward Hyde, 1st earl of Clarendon https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-Hyde-1st-earl-of-Clarendon