Sir Clarendon Golding Hyde (5 February 1858 – 24 June 1934) was a British businessman and

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politician. He sat in the

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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

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and at

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, and was

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in 1881 at the

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. He joined the Oxford Circuit, but soon gave up his law practice.

Career

Hyde unsuccessfully contested

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at the 1900 general election. He was elected at the 1906 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough

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. 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

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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 by the Unionist Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart.Craig, page454 ''

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'' reported that "the result is remarkable". He was a partner in the construction firm S. Pearson & Son, and had written several treatises on

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. However, both before and after his term in Parliament, Hyde was a member of a long range of government committees and other bodies. Before

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he served on the

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'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

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, 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

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, aged 76, on 24 June 1934, at Longworth, Farringdon, Berkshire.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hyde, Clarendon Glding 1858 births 1934 deaths British businesspeople Alumni of King's College London Members of the Middle Temple Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1906–1910 Knights Bachelor Deaths from pneumonia in England People educated at the Royal Institution School Fellows of King's College London