Family and Education
b. 1 Dec. 1595, 4th but o. surv. s. of Robert Sydney†, earl of Leicester, and 1st w. Barbara, da. and h. of John Gamage of Coity (Coety), Glam. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1607-10; travelled abroad (Brussels) 1613; G. Inn 1618; embassy (Germany) 1619. m. (with £6,000) c. Jan. 1615, Dorothy (d.1659), 1st da. of Henry Percy†, 3rd earl of Northumberland, 6s. (2 d.v.p.), Add. 61489, f. 97. 9da. (5 d.v.p.). KB 1610. d. 2 Nov. 1677; will 28 Sept. 1665 – 6 Apr. 1675, pr. 27 Nov. 1677. TNA, PROB 11/355.
Offices Held
Capt. coy. of ft. Flushing 1611 – 16, col. English regt. in Dutch service 1616 – 23.
Amb. extraordinary, Denmark 1632, Holstein 1632, France 1636 – 41.
PC 1639, 31 May 1660 – d.; ld. lt. [I] 1641 – 43; Speaker, House of Lords 7- 12 Mar. 1642.
Ld. lt. Kent (Parl.) 1642.
Freeman, Merchant Adventurers’ Co. 1632; gov. Mineral and Battery Works Co. 1660 – 62.
Associated with: Penshurst, Kent and Leicester House, Westminster.
SIDNEY
Likenesses
oil on canvas by C. Johnson, 1632, Penshurst Place, Kent; oil on canvas by Sir A. Van Dyck, Penshurst Place, Kent; group portrait with brother, oil on canvas by Sir A. Van Dyck; oil on canvas, style of Sir A. Van Dyck, National Trust, Powis Castle; oil on canvas, unknown artist, Althorp House, Northants.
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Lords 1660-1715
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Oxford 1644
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