Henrietta Hyde, Countess of Rochester

Henrietta Boyle, Countess of Rochester, ca. 1665, by Sir Peter Lely

Henrietta Hyde, Countess of Rochester (née Boyle; 1646 – 12 April 1687) was an English noblewoman. She was one of the Windsor Beauties painted by Sir Peter Lely.

She was born in Wiltshire, England to Sir Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork and Elizabeth Boyle, Countess of Cork. In 1665 she married Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, son of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon and Frances Aylesbury. Henrietta had three children.

Children

• Lady Anne Hyde (died 25 January 1684/85), who married James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde,
• Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon (ca. 1672 – 10 December 1753),
• Lady Henrietta Hyde (ca. 1677 – 30 May 1730), who married James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith.^[1]

References

Sources

• Chester, Joseph Lemuel. The Marriage, Baptismal, and Burial Registers of the Collegiate Church or Abbey of St. Peter, Westminster. (p. 329) 1876. googlebooks Retrieved June 6, 2008
• "Henrietta, Countess of Rochester. (1833)", NYPL