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Jane Hyde, Countess of Clarendon

1672 – 1725

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Lived 1672 – 1725 (aged 52–53). Jane Hyde, Countess of Clarendon was an English and British courtier.

Jane Hyde, Countess of Clarendon (; 1669 – 24 May 1725), formerly Jane Leveson-Gower, was the wife of Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon.

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.

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1672
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Courtier
Also known as
Jane Hyde, Countess of Clarendon and Rochester, Jane Leveson-Gower

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English courtier (c.1672–1725)

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Jane Hyde, Countess of Clarendon was born in 1672.

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Jane Hyde, Countess of Clarendon died on 24 May 1725.

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Jane Hyde, Countess of Clarendon was a courtier.

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Jane Hyde, Countess of Clarendon was English and British.

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· Wikipedia: Jane Hyde, Countess of Clarendon

· Wikidata: Q18529948

· DBpedia: Jane Hyde, Countess of Clarendon

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