1624 Clarendon Hyde

Constituency  : Wednesbury  1906-10

Clarendon  took  Wednesbury  from  the  Tories.

Clarendon  was  educated  at  the  Royal  Institution  School  in  Liverpool  and  King's  College, London. He  became  a  barrister  and  wrote  several  treatises  on  company  law. He  was  a  partner  in  the  construction  firm  S. Pearson  and  Son. He  contested  Southampton  in  1900  and  came  fourth.  He  sat  on  a  number  of  government  committees  both  before  and  after  his  term  as  an  MP.

Clarendon's  contributions  in  the  House  were  restricted  to  a  few  questions  on  business  matters.

Clarendon  was  defeated  in  January  1910, the  campaign  being  fought  about  tariff  reform  rather  than  the  People's  Budget.  He  was  knighted  that  summer .He  contested  Cardiff  Boroughs  in  December  where  the  sitting  Liberal  had  retired  but  lost.

Clarendon  sat  on  a  number  of  committees  determining  industrial  policy  during  the  war.

He  died  of  pneumonia  in  1934  aged  76.