Robert Robertson Hyde

Revd. Robert Robertson Hyde MVO
Born	1878
Died	1967
Residence	48 Bryanstone Square, W1 [1949]
Occupation	church
Society Membership membership ordinary fellow elected_AI 1938.12.13

Notes

House Notes

1938.11.22 nominated

Notes From Elsewhere

Robert Robertson Hyde, MVO, KBE (1878-1967) Born in Clapham, Surrey, England in July 1878, he was the son of Robert Mettam Hyde and Marjory Robertson. he attended Kings College London, and spent some years in business before deciding to enter the Anglican Ministry. Ordained in 1903, he was engaged in parish work until 1916 (during the First World War) when he was asked to take over the newly formed Boys Welfare Department of the Ministry of Munitions. Two years later he independently established the Boys Welfare Association, which subsequently became known as the Industrial Welfare Society. R.R. Hyde was the Director, Sir William Beardmore became Chairman, and the Duke of York (later King George VI) became president of the Association. A close bond developed between Hyde and the future King - one outcome of which was the establishment of the Duke of York's Holiday camps for boys of all classes. Hyde was awarded the MVO (Member of the Victorian Order) in 1932, and was made KBE (Knight Commander of the British Empire) in 1949. He wrote at least two books: one was a study of 'The Boy in Industry and Leisure'. The other was an autobiography called 'Industry was my Parish'. ... Sir Robert R. Hyde died in England on August 31, 1967, aged 89 years [hydegenealogy.files.wordpress]

Hyde, Sir Robert Robertson (1878–1967), industrial welfare promoter, was born on 7 September 1878 in London, the second son among the five children of Robert Mettam Hyde, of Paisley, and his wife, Marjorie Stoddart Robertson, of Inveraray. His father was a constructional civil engineer who had been responsible for laying the first submarine cables in ... [Oxford DNB]

Publications

External Publications

Industry was my parish

'The Boy in Industry and Leisure