John Hyde | |
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Puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal | |
In office 22 October 1774[1] – 8 July 1796 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 14 January 1738 |
Died | 8 July 1796 Calcutta, India | (aged 58)
Nationality | British |
John Hyde (14 January 1738 – 8 July 1796) was a Puisne Judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal from 1774 to his death.[2] He is the primary author of Hyde's Notebooks, a series of 74 notebooks that are a trove of information for the first years of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William, the highest court in Bengal from 1774 to 1862.[3] The originals of these are kept at the Victoria Memorial in Kolkata. Partial microfilms are held at the National Library of India, Kolkata. The digitized microfilm is available online.[4] The originals, which vary slightly from the microfilm, were digitized in 2015 but are not yet released.