Jane Hyde, Countess of Clarendon, circle of Godfrey Kneller
Jane Hyde, Countess of Clarendon (1669 – 24 May 1725), formerly Jane Leveson-Gower, was the wife of Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon.[1]
She was the daughter of Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet, and his wife, the former Lady Jane Granville, and she married Hyde, then MP for Launceston, on 8 March 1692. He succeeded as Earl of Rochester in 1711, and as Earl of Clarendon on 31 March 1723. Their children were:
- Hon. Henrietta Hyde (bur. 5 July 1710)
- Hon. Edward Hyde (bur. 17 November 1702)
- Hon. Laurence Hyde (b. 6 October 1703; bur. 27 May 1704)
- Hon. Ann Hyde (bur. 2 November 1709)
- Lady Jane Hyde (1694 – January 1724), married William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex on 27 November 1718
- Lady Catherine Hyde (c. 1701 – 17 July 1777), married Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry on 10 March 1720
- Lady Charlotte Hyde (c.1707 – 17 March 1740)
- Henry Hyde, Viscount Cornbury (1710–1753)
Her portrait, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, hangs in the Royal Collection.[2]
References
- ↑ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 268.
- ↑ "Jane Hyde, Countess of Clarendon and Rochester, Wife of Henry, 4th and Last Earl". The Royal Collection. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
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