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SIDNEY (SYDNEY), Hon. Henry (1641-1704), of Jermyn Street, Westminster and Elverton, Stone, Kent.

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b. c. Mar. 1641, 4th s. of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester (d.1677) by Lady Dorothy Percy, da. of Henry, 3rd Earl of Northumberland; bro. of Hon. Algernon Sidney and Philip Sidney Visct. Lisle. educ. travelled abroad 1658-64 (Spain, Italy). unm. ; 1s. by Grace Worthley. cr. Visct. Sidney of Sheppey 9 Apr. 1689, Earl of Romney 14 May 1694.Add. 32683, ff. 105, 108; Westminster City Lib., St. James Piccadilly rate bks. 1686-7; CSP Dom. 1657-8, p. 376; Kenyon, Sunderland, 5-7.
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Groom of the bedchumber of the bedchamber to the Duke of York and master of the horse to the Duchess 1665 – 66; master of the robes 1679 – 85; envoy to Holland 1679 – 81, gent. of the bedchamber 1689 – 1700; PC 14 Feb. 1689 – d.; one of the lds. justices [I] 1690; sec. of state (north) 1690 – 92; ld. lt. [I] 1692 – 93; master of the Ordnance 1693 – 1702; one of the lds. justices 1697, 1698; groom of the stole 1700–2.Cal. Treas. Bks. vi. 115, 780; vii. 282; viii. 38.

Capt. of ft. Holland regt. 1667 – 78; col. of ft. 1678 – 79, (Dutch army) Apr. 1688–9, 1 Ft. Gds. (Grenadier Gds.) 1689 – 90, 1693 – d.; lt.-gen. 1694.Add. 32683, f. 111; Ten Raa, Het Staatsche Leger, vi. 256.

Ld. lt. Kent 1689 – 92, 1694 – d., j.p. and custos rot. 1689 – d., v.-adm. 1689 – 1702, commr. for assessment 1689; ld. warden of the Cinque Ports 1691 – d.; gov. Society of Mineral and Battery Works 1696–d.CSP Dom. 1689–90, pp. 237, 240; BL Loan 16.

Main residences: Jermyn Street, Westminster; Elverton, Stone, Kent.
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This biography is based on the DNB, CP and the Sidney Diary.

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SILLY, John (c.1621-72), of St. Wenn, Cornw.

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b. c. 1621, 2nd s. of John Silly, attorney, (d.1646) of Trevelver, Cornw. by 1st w. Elizabeth, da. and h. of John Marke of St. Wenn. educ. Pembroke, Oxf. 8 May 1635, aged 14; M. Temple 1638. m. 1642, Jane, da. of William Cotton, precentor of Exeter Cathedral, 3s. 1da. suc. nephew at Trevelver 1667.J. Maclean, Trigg Minor, ii. 520-1.
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Commr. for assessment, Cornw. 1657, 1664 – 69, militia Mar. 1660, j.p. Mar. – July 1660, Aug. 1660–2, capt. of militia ft. Apr. 1660.Parl. Intell. 9 Apr. 1660.

Main residence: St. Wenn, Cornw.
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SKINNER, Thomas (1662-1732), of Dewlish, Dorset.

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b. 10 Mar. 1662, 5th s. of Nicholas Skinner, Salter, of Austin Friars, London, being 1st s. by 2nd w. Katherine, da. of Edward Hooper of Peartree Green, Hants. m. Grace, da. and coh. of John Bingham of Quarleston, Dorset, 3s. 1da. suc. fa. in Dewlish estate 1670.St Nicholas Acons Reg. 32; Woodhead, Rulers of London, 150; PCC 115 Penn; Sir George Duckett, Ducketiana, 48, 65; Hutchins, Dorset, i. 334; Som. and Dorset N. and Q. vii. 74.
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J.p. Dorset June 1688–9, by 1701–?d., commr. for assessment 1690, sheriff 1703–4.

Main residence: Dewlish, Dorset.
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SKINNER, Thomas (1662-1732)

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