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In 1663, the Earl of Clarendon was one of eight Lords Proprietors given title to a huge tract of land in North America which became the Province of Carolina.
Clarendon's sons, Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon, and Lawrence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, were major political figures in their own right.
Clarendon's two cousins, Richard Rigby, Secretary of Jamaica and his son, Richard Rigby, Secretary of Ireland and Paymaster of the Army, were also successful politicians in the succeeding generations.
The title Earl of Clarendon was created in 1776 for Thomas Villiers.
Previously, in 1661, the title was created for Edward Hyde, but it became extinct at the death of the fourth Earl, there being no male heirs remaining.
The title is used as a courtesy title for Lord Clarendon's eldest son, who is styled Lord Hyde.
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