George Hyde (Knight of the Bath)

Sir George Hyde (c. 1570 – March/April 1623) was an English landowner, politician and Knight of the Order of the Bath.[1]

Hyde was the eldest son of William Hyde (d. 1598) of South Denchworth in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and his wife Catherine daughter of George Gill of Wyddial in Hertfordshire.[1][2] The family had been influential in Berkshire for centuries.[1] He matriculated at The Queen's College, Oxford in 1586 and was a student at Gray's Inn in 1590.[3]

He married Catherine, daughter of Sir Humphrey Ferrers of Tamworth Castle in 1594.[1][2] Through the influence of his father-in-law he was MP for Tamworth in 1597.[1]

In 1601 he sat as MP for Berkshire in 1601 as the junior member with his mother's second husband Sir Richard Lovelace.[1] He became a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of James I in 1603.[4] In 1617 he sold Denchworth to Sir William Cockayne[5] and settled at Kingston Lisle Park in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), which had been acquired by his grandfather.[6]

He died in 1623, leaving his heir Humphrey (aged 23), 5 further sons and a daughter.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "HYDE, George (c.1570-1623), of South Denchworth and Kingston Lisle, Berks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b c The four visitations of Berkshire. Vol. 56. Harleian Society. 1907. pp. 100–1.
  3. ^ "Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714:Horrobin-Hyde". British History Online. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  4. ^ Shaw, W. A. (1906). The Knights of England. Vol. 1. p. 156.
  5. ^ "VCH Berkshire 4: Denchworth". British History Online. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  6. ^ "VCH Berkshire 4:Sparsholt". British History Online. Retrieved 28 November 2025.


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