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b. 1 Dec. 1595,Sidney Letters ed. A. Collins, i. 120. 4th but o. surv. s. of Robert Sidney†, 1st earl of Leicester and his 1st w. Barbara, da. and h. of John Gamage of Coity, Glam. educ. Household of Prince Henry 1605; Christ Church, Oxf. 1607; travelled abroad (Brussels) 1613; G. Inn 1618; embassy (Germany) 1619. Al. Ox.; GI Admiss.; R.E. Schreiber, The 1st Carlisle (Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. lxxix. pt. 7), p. 24. m. (with £6,000) 1615, Dorothy (d. 19 Aug. 1659), da. of Henry Percy, 9th earl of Northumberland, 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 9da. (5 d.v.p.) Sidney Letters, i. 143, 147; Cent. Kent. Stud. U1475/T327/12. cr. KB 2 June 1610; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 158. styled. Visct. L’Isle 2 Aug. 1618; suc. fa. as 2nd earl of Leicester 1626. d. 2 Nov. 1677.
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Capt. ft., Flushing garrison 1611 – 16, col. English regt. in Dutch service 1616–23. E351/276; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 370; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 307.

Steward, Otford manor, Kent 1613, C66/2007/14. manor of E. Peckham, E. Farleigh and Boxley 1627, manor of Maidstone 1627; E315/311, p. 22. commr. sewers, Kent (Gravesend to Penshurst) 1628-at least 1639, C181/3, f. 248; 181/5, f. 129v. Kent and Suss. border 1616-at least 1632, C181/2, f. 247; 181/4, ff. 38, 106. Kent 1628, C181/3, f. 248. Dengemarsh and Southbrook, Kent 1645, C181/5, f. 260. subsidy, Kent 1624; C212/22/23. j.p. Kent 1625-at least 1642; Cal. of Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 158; Cal. of Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Chas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 421. commr. Forced Loan, Kent 1626, Harl. 6846, f. 36v. new buildings, London 1630, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 114. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1635 – 42, Midland circ. 1639 – 42, Oxf. circ. 1639–42; C181/4, f. 198; 181/5, ff. 140–1, 218, 219v, 221v. ld. lt. [I] 1641–3, C66/2892/18; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 369. Kent and Canterbury 1642 [nom. by Parl.]; A. and O. i. 1. v.-adm. Munster, Ire. 1641; HCA 30/820, no.54. commr. (roy.) for safeguarding Oxf. and receiving money, plate, arms and munition 1643. Docquets of Letters Patent, 30.

Amb. (extraordinary), Denmark 1632, France 1636–41; Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 34, 111. PC 1639, 1660; PC2/50, p. 335; Sidney Letters, i. 135. Speaker, House of Lords 7–12 Mar. 1642. LJ, iv. 633b-42a.

Freeman, Merchant Adventurers’ Co. 1632; Add. 28079, f. 59. gov. Mineral and Battery Works Co. 1660–2. BL, Loan 16, pt. 2, ff. 125v, 126v.

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SIDNEY, Sir Robert (1595-1677), of Penshurst, Kent and Baynard’s Castle, London
Main residences: Penshurst, Kent; Baynard's Castle, London.
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A.D.T.
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Commons 1604-1629
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SIDNEY, Sir Robert (1595-1677)

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