H. Montgomery Hyde

Harford Montgomery Hyde
Member of Parliament
for Belfast North
In office
23 February 1950 – 18 September 1959
Preceded byWilliam Frederick Neill
Succeeded byStratton Mills
Personal details
Born(1907-08-14)14 August 1907
Belfast, Ireland
Died10 August 1989(1989-08-10) (aged 81)
Kent, England
NationalityBritish
Political partyUlster Unionist Party
Spouses
Dorothy Mabel Brayshaw Crofts
(m. 1939; div. 1952)
Mary Eleanor Fischer
(m. 1955; dis. 1966)
Rosalind Roberts Dimond
(m. 1966)
Alma materQueen's University Belfast
Magdalen College, Oxford
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionBarrister, author

Harford Montgomery Hyde (14 August 1907 – 10 August 1989), born in Belfast, Ireland, was a barrister, politician (Ulster Unionist MP for Belfast North), prolific author and biographer. He was deselected by his party in 1959, losing his seat in the House of Commons, as a result of campaigning on homosexual law reform.