grandparents were Arthur Hyde and Elizabeth Pates. This Arthur was the first member of the family to settle in the Kingdom of Ireland and is considered the founder of the line. According to Families of County Cork, Ireland: From the Earliest Times to the 20th Century: Irish Family Surnames with Locations & Origins, Including English, Scots & Anglo Norman Settlers and Settlements (1999) by Michael C. O'Laughlin, the Hydes (his maternal ancestors) held lands in County Cork since 1599. That year the forfeited estates of Gerald FitzGerald, 15th Earl of Desmond, leader of the Desmond Rebellions, were distributed to new land owners "for the purpose of planting them with English settlers". One Arthur Hyde received of land in County Cork. Twenty-four settlers were arranged to cultivate his new lands. The family seat was Castle Hyde, a mansion on the "north bank of the Blackwater River". The Hydes held their estates to the Victorian era when they sold them to Sir Henry Wrixon-Becher, 2nd Baronet (1826–1893). English branch Arthur Hyde, who settled in Ireland, was the son of William Hyde of Denchworth in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and his wife Alice Essex. Alice was a daughter of Sir Thomas Essex of Lambourn. Elizabeth, his wife, was a daughter of John Pates of Buckingham. Those ancestors lived in the Elizabethan era. The wife of Thomas Essex was Margaret Sandys. She was a daughter of William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys of the Vyne and his wife Margaret Bray. William Hyde was a son to a senior William Hyde and his wife, Margery Cater. William and Margery received the Manor of Antwicks in Letcombe Regis on the occasion of their marriage. William died in 1557, Margery survived him. His paternal grandparents were Oliver Hyde (d. 1516) and Anne Lovingcott (d. 1523). They had five other children. Oliver Hyde was a son of a John Hyde. The name of his mother is unknown. John Hyde was son to an elder John Hyde and his wife Alice Lidiard. His maternal grandfather was John Lidiard. The senior John inherited the manor of his family in 1448 but his father left part of his estate to an illegitimate son. Alice was buried in 1478. His paternal grandparents were John de la Hyde and his wife Graciana. Her family name and ancestry are unknown. John de la Hyde was son of John atte Hyde (d. 1416). His mother is unknown.