Family and Education
b. 14 Feb. 1680, 2nd surv. s. Robert Sydney, 4th earl of Leicester, and Elizabeth, da. John Egerton, 2nd earl of Bridgwater; bro. Philip Sydney, 5th earl of Leicester. educ. unknown. unm. KB 27 May 1725. d. 27 Sept. 1737; will 10 May, pr. 1 Oct.–3 Nov. 1737. TNA, PROB 11/685.
Offices Held
PC 1731; ld. of the bedchamber 1717 – 27; ld. warden of Cinque Ports 1717 – 28; capt. yeoman of the gd. 1725 – 31; constable, Tower of London 1731 – d.
Ld. lt. Kent 1724 – d.; high steward, Otford 1731 – d.
Ensign 1st Ft. Gds. 1696, brevet lt. col. 1702 – 05.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Penshurst, Kent; Leicester House, London; 15 Queen Anne’ Gate, London . (1713)
SIDNEY
Likenesses
oil on canvas by Joseph Highmore, 1728, Manchester City Art Galleries.
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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