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Hyde's Early Life and Career
- Edward Hyde, born in 1609, studied law after his brothers' deaths changed his family's inheritance plans.
- His connections with the Villiers family and Archbishop Laud propelled his legal career.
Constitutional Royalists
- Hyde befriended Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland, and joined a philosophical society.
- This group, known as constitutional royalists, believed in monarchy, the Anglican Church, and a balance of rights and responsibilities.
Hyde's Royal Service
- King Charles I, impressed with Hyde's critique of the Grand Remonstrance, adopted it as his own.
- Hyde became the King's ghostwriter, but still advised against extreme interpretations of divine right.