Charles Hyett

Charles Hyett (1677 – 1738), of Painswick House, near Gloucester, Gloucestershire, was an English politician.

He was born 10 April 1677, the eldest son of Benjamin Hyett (d. 1711), an attorney and clerk of the peace for Gloucestershire. and extended.

Hyett married Anna (d. 1728), daughter of Nicholas Webb, an alderman of Gloucester in 1707. They had two sons Benjamin and Nicholas.

In 1705 he was appointed as chapter clerk and as bailiff and rent collector for Gloucester. In 1715 he was appointed constable of Gloucester cathedral, thereby acquiring a lease of the Crown land adjoining his house to extend his garden He may also have been responsible for the Pigeon House in the Painswick Rococo Garden, developed by his son Benjamin, which appears to date from this period.

He was buried in the family vault in Gloucester Cathedral.