Robert Sidney KG
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Robert Sidney KG (abt. 1595 - 1677)

Sir Robert "Lord Lisle, 2nd Earl of Leicester" Sidney KG aka Sydney
Born about in Baynard's Castle, London, Middlesex, Englandmap
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Husband of — married 1618 [location unknown]
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Died at about age 81 in Penshurst, Kent, Englandmap
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Biography

European Aristocracy
Sir Robert Sidney was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Robert Sidney of Penshurst was the son of Robert Sydney, of Court Lodge, Lamberhurst, Viscount L'Isle, Earl of Leicester, KG, and grandson of Sir Henry Sydney of Penshurst, Knight.[1]

Robert had children:

  1. Lady Isabella Sidney married Philip Smythe, 2nd Viscount Strangford. [citation needed]

In 1621 (18 James I) he was Knight of the Shire for Kent.[1]

He succeeded his father in the Earldom of Leicester in 1626.[1]

Sir Robert, Lord L'Isle, was created Knight of the Garter by James I.[1]

Sir Robert Sydney, Earl of Leicester, KG, died in 1677 and was buried at Penshurst.[1]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Rev J Cave-Browne, MA, "Knights of the Shire of Kent from AD 1275 TO AD 1831", Archaeologia Cantiana, Vol 21, 1895, Kent Archaeological Society, http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/ArchCant/Vol.021%20-%201895/021-16.pdf, pp. 227-231, accessed 15 September 2015.

Wikipedia contributors, "Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Sidney,_2nd_Earl_of_Leicester&oldid=1055710144 (accessed January 26, 2022).





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