SIDNEY, Philip (1554-86), of Penshurst, Kent.

Family and Education

b. 1554, 1st s. of Sir Henry Sidney, and bro. of Robert. educ. Shrewsbury 1564; Christ Church, Oxf. c.1568-71; G. Inn 1568; travelled abroad 1572-7. m. 20 Sept. 1583, Frances, da. of Francis Walsingham, 1da. Kntd. 13 Jan. 1586; suc. fa. 5 May 1586.

Offices Held

Member of Earl of Lincoln’s embassy to France May-Aug. 1572; on diplomatic mission in Germany with Edward Wotton Dec. 1574 – June 1575; royal cupbearer c. 1575; served in Ireland under his fa. 1575 – 76; envoy to Germany 1577; steward to bishopric of Winchester 1580; general of horse 1583; envoy to France 1584; jt. master of ordnance with Earl of Warwick 1585; gov. Flushing Nov. 1585–d.DNB; Berry, Co. Genealogies, Kent, 47; A. Collins, Mems. Lives and Actions of the Sidneys, 98–113; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, i. 428, 437; F. S. Boas, Sir Philip Sidney, 28; CSP For. 1577–86, passim; Lansd. 39, f. 148; Collins, Sidney State Pprs. i. 393; Leycester Corresp. (Cam. Soc. xxvii), passim.

Parlimentarian

SIDNEY, Philip (1554-86), of Penshurst, Kent.

Main residence: Penshurst, Kent.

Author

N.M.F.

J.J.C.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

SIDNEY, Philip (1554-86)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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