HYDE, LAWRENCE [SSNE 1250]

Surname
HYDE
First name
LAWRENCE
Title/rank
VISCOUNT HYDE OF KENILWORTH
Nationality
ENGLISH
Region
KENILWORTH
Social status
NOBILITY

Text source

He is listed as an 'English' envoy to Sweden in 1679 with Berkeley, William Tempil and Leo Jenkins, though the meetings were held in Nijmegen.

 

G. M. Bell, A Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives 1509-1688 (London, 1990), pp.205, 216; PRO, SP/88/14, SP104/118; Svenske Sandebuds till Utlandske Hof och Deras Sandebud till Sverige, Riksarkivet, 1841, p.85. 

Service record

STUART KINGDOMS, POLAND
Arrived 1676-07-05
Departed 1677-02-13
Capacity AMBASADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
STUART KINGDOMS, THE DUTCH REPUBLIC
Arrived 1677-01-02
Departed 1677-01-30
Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY
STUART KINGDOMS, NIJMEGEN in the DUTCH REPUBLIC for SWEDEN embassay
Arrived 1679-01-01
Departed 1679-12-31
Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY