H. Montgomery Hyde
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Harford Montgomery Hyde MP |
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Member of Parliament for Belfast North |
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In office 1950–1959 |
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| Preceded by | William Frederick Neill |
| Succeeded by | Stratton Mills |
| Majority | 18,680 |
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| Born | 14 August 1907 Belfast, Ireland |
| Died | 10 August 1989 (aged 81) Kent, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Spouse(s) |
Dorothy 1939–52 |
| Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast, Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Barrister, Author |
Dorothy 1939–52
Mary 1955–66
Harford Montgomery Hyde (14 August 1907 – 10 August 1989), born in Belfast, was a barrister, politician (Ulster Unionist MP for Belfast North), prolific author and biographer. He was deselected in 1959, losing his seat in the House of Commons, as a result of campaigning for homosexual law reform.
Born on the Malone Road in Belfast, Hyde was schooled in England at Sedbergh, Cumbria. His father, James Johnstone Hyde, was a linen merchant and Unionist councillor for Cromac. Hyde had great pride in his family's connection to the Irish linen trade. Although his mother came from a Protestant Home Rule background, all were involved in the 1914 UVF gun running, the 7-year-old Harford being a dummy casualty for first-aid practice. He attended Queen's University Belfast where he gained a first-class history degree, and then Magdalen College, Oxford, and a second-class law degree. He was a distant cousin of Henry James.
He married in 1939 to Dorothy Mabel Brayshaw Crofts (divorced 1952); in 1955 to Mary Eleanor Fischer (dissolved 1966) and finally to Rosalind Roberts Dimond. By his will, the residue of his estate was left to his widow Robbie and his papers to the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland.
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