[ROCHESTER (Laurence Hyde, 1641-1711, 1st Earl, brother-in-law of James II)]

Engraved portrait after Kneller (reversed left to right), showing him head and shoulders wearing the collar and pendant of the Garter, 6½" x 4", no date, c. light traces of laying down by corners of verso

Rochester was a high Tory of the Court Party, and for some years was Charles II's chief adviser. At the Revolution he favoured a regency on behalf of the absent James II, but reconciled himself to William and Mary and became an adviser to the Queen. Of a strong literary bent, he prepared his father Clarendon's History for the press, prefixing it with his father's life.

Item Date:  1770

Stock No:  51772      £45

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