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Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon (28 November 1661 – 31 March 1723), styled Viscount Cornbury between 1674 and 1709, was an English aristocrat and politician. Better known by his noble title Lord Cornbury , he was propelled into the forefront of English politics when he and part of his army defected from the Catholic King James ...
Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon (November 28, 1661 – March 31, 1723), styled Viscount Cornbury between 1674 and 1709, was Governor of New York and New Jersey between 1701 and 1708. He is known for the claims that he dressed in women's clothes while serving as Governor (allegations that are contested by historians).
6 de mai. de 2024 · letters. 1702 When Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury, the newly appointed governor of New York and New Jersey, arrived in Manhattan on May 2, 1702, he was ebulliently received by the citizenry....
s the British Governor of New York and New Jersey from 1702 to 1708, Edward Hyde, Viscount Cornbury, was arguably the most powerful man in all the British colonies of the New World. Yet...
Cornbury’s desire to be made a baron may have been connected with the death of his wife in August 1706 and the succession of their son, Edward Hyde, to the barony of Clifton. He was evidently also eager to acquire the protection from arrest for debt associated with privilege of peerage.
Biography. Lord Cornbury was named after his grandfather, the 1st Earl of Clarendon (Edward†). During the 1680s, Cornbury judged it best to swim with the stream, finding early favour with his uncle, James II, but being among the first army officers to desert to William III in 1688.
For more than two centuries, Edward Hyde, Viscount Cornbury--royal governor of New York and New Jersey from 1702 to 1708--has been a despised figure, whose alleged transgressions ranged from raiding the public treasury to scandalizing his subjects by parading through the streets of New York City dressed as a woman.
