Francis Acres Hyde

Awarded part of the compensation for the Tryall estate in Hanover Jamaica, as one of ten claimants whose ownership appears to have descended from Francis Acres (1700-1770) of Hanover.

A genealogical source suggests that Francis Acres Hyde's paternal grandmother Katherine Acres was born in Hanover Jamaica in 1730; her son by her husband John (d. 1776) was John Hyde of Lexham Hall, Norfolk and then of Montagu Square (1753-1835), whose will proved 18/05/1835 confirms Francis Acres Hyde as his son. A co-claimant, the Rev. George Sandby (q.v.), was the son of Mary Acres (the sister of Katherine Acres: both were daughters of Francis Acres).

1. 1st son of John Hyde of Catton, Norfolk arm. Matric. Christ Church 22/04/1819 aged 18; BA 1824.

2. Cornet in 12th (Prince of Wales') Regiment of Lancers 17 November 1825.

3. Will of Francis Acres Hyde of the Island of Madeira proved 15/12/1838.

Hanover no. 56A-H; http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/32192457/person/18264625131 [accessed 16/04/2012]; PROB 11/1846.

1. Ancestry.com, Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 [database online].

2. The War Office, 'A List of the Officers of the Army and the Corps of the Royal Marines' 1827 p. 132.

3. PROB 11/1904.