Early Career
Hyde was called to the Bar in 1934 working briefly in London and on the North East circuit. His first salaried employment was with the 7th Marquess of Londonderry whose wife Edith was a famous London political hostess and whose influence on Ramsay MacDonald was held by some to be suspect. From 1935-39, Hyde was librarian and Private Secretary to the Marquess in his ‘appeasement’ period, hired specifically to research the family papers and write its history. His works on the family included Londonderry House and its Pictures (1937), The Rise of Lord Castlereagh (1933), a book which remains very highly regarded, and The Londonderrys: A Family Portrait.
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