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Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In 1663, the Earl of Clarendon was one of eight Lords Proprietors given title to a huge tract of land in North America which became the Province of Carolina. |
 | | Clarendon's sons, Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon, and Lawrence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, were major political figures in their own right. |
 | | Clarendon's two cousins, Richard Rigby, Secretary of Jamaica and his son, Richard Rigby, Secretary of Ireland and Paymaster of the Army, were also successful politicians in the succeeding generations. |
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