Clarendon Hyde
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Sir Clarendon Golding Hyde (5 February 1858 – 24 June 1934) was a British businessman and Liberal Party
politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1906 to 1910, but his most significant public service was his participation in numerous government committees.
and at King's College London
, and was called to the bar in 1881 at the Middle Temple
. He joined the Oxford Circuit, but soon gave up his law practice.
at the 1906 general election
. He was elected at the 1906 general election
as the Member of Parliament
(MP) for the borough Wednesbury
in Staffordshire
. He had been nursing the Unionist
-held constituency for some time, and won the seat with a majority of 944, 8.4% of the votes. However, he was defeated at the January 1910 general election.
He was knighted
in the King's Birthday Honours in June 1910, and contested Cardiff Boroughs at the December 1910 general election, where the sitting Liberal MP David Alfred Thomas had retired from politics. However, the seat was won the Unionist Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart. The Times
reported that "the result is remarkable".
He was a partner in the construction firm S. Pearson & Son, and had written several treatises on company law. However, both before and after his term in Parliament, Hyde's was a member of a long range of government committees and other bodies. Before World War I
he served on the Board of Trade
's Court of Arbitration
in 1909, the Lace makers Trade Board, the Taxi Cab Inquiry and as chairman of the Cannock Chase Miner's Minimum Wage Board.
During the war, he served on a long list of committees, mostly related to industrial policy.
He died of pneumonia
, aged 76, on 24 June 1934, at Longworth, Farringdon, Berkshire.
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1906 to 1910, but his most significant public service was his participation in numerous government committees.
Early life
Hyde was educated at the Royal Institution School in LiverpoolLiverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
and at King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
, and was called to the bar in 1881 at the Middle Temple
Middle Temple
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers; the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn...
. He joined the Oxford Circuit, but soon gave up his law practice.
Career
Hyde unsuccessfully contested SouthamptonSouthampton (UK Parliament constituency)
Southampton was a parliamentary constituency which was represented in the British House of Commons. Centred on the town of Southampton, it returned two Members of Parliament from 1295 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election....
at the 1906 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1906
-Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...
. He was elected at the 1906 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1906
-Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...
as the Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for the borough Wednesbury
Wednesbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Wednesbury was a borough constituency in England's Black Country which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election....
in Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
. He had been nursing the Unionist
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
-held constituency for some time, and won the seat with a majority of 944, 8.4% of the votes. However, he was defeated at the January 1910 general election.
He was knighted
Knight Bachelor
The rank of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. It is the most basic rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Orders of Chivalry...
in the King's Birthday Honours in June 1910, and contested Cardiff Boroughs at the December 1910 general election, where the sitting Liberal MP David Alfred Thomas had retired from politics. However, the seat was won the Unionist Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart. The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
reported that "the result is remarkable".
He was a partner in the construction firm S. Pearson & Son, and had written several treatises on company law. However, both before and after his term in Parliament, Hyde's was a member of a long range of government committees and other bodies. Before World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
he served on the Board of Trade
Board of Trade
The Board of Trade is a committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, originating as a committee of inquiry in the 17th century and evolving gradually into a government department with a diverse range of functions...
's Court of Arbitration
London Court of International Arbitration
The London Court of International Arbitration is an institution based in London, United Kingdom providing the service of international arbitration....
in 1909, the Lace makers Trade Board, the Taxi Cab Inquiry and as chairman of the Cannock Chase Miner's Minimum Wage Board.
During the war, he served on a long list of committees, mostly related to industrial policy.
Family
In 1886 Hyde married Laura Adrie Palmer, daughter of Canon G. T. Palmer. They had one daughter.He died of pneumonia
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
, aged 76, on 24 June 1934, at Longworth, Farringdon, Berkshire.