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Family and Education
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.
Offices Held

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.

Parlimentarian
SIDNEY (SYDNEY), Hon. Henry (1641-1704), of Jermyn Street, Westminster and Elverton, Stone, Kent.
Main residences: Jermyn Street, Westminster; Elverton, Stone, Kent.
Notes

This biography is based on the DNB, CP and the Sidney Diary.

Author
A.M.M.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title

SIDNEY (SYDNEY), Hon. Henry (1641-1704)

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