Orson Hyde

In Brigham Young — Pioneer Prophet, Hyde appears as one of the high-ranking church members whose treatment by Brigham Young illustrates the shift in Young’s leadership style. Where Young had once led the Twelve Apostles to England “gingerly” — giving his fellow apostles authority and correcting them gently to avoid wounding their pride — his later “heavyhanded approach” toward men like Hyde and Orson Pratt showed a leader who, ever mindful of the events that led to Joseph Smith’s death, took no chances with anything resembling disloyalty. The book notes that Young’s chastisements left the feelings of men like Franklin Richards, John Taylor, Pratt, and Hyde “bruised,” costing him a measure of their affection.

Context: Orson Hyde (1805–1878) was an early apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known for his 1841 dedicatory prayer for the gathering of the Jews on the Mount of Olives.

Where this appears

• Brigham Young — Pioneer Prophet — named alongside Orson Pratt as an example of the apostles Young handled heavy-handedly, illustrating his more authoritarian later leadership.