Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester, 4th Viscount Lisle, 4th Baron Sydney of Penshurst
Dates: 17 December 1649–11 November 1702
Biography
Son of Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester, and Lady Catherine Cecil. He succeeded his father in 1698 and continued the Sidney earldom through a maternal Salisbury-Cecil connection.
Notes / Sources
Robert Sidney biography — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sidney,_4th_Earl_of_Leicester
Sidney genealogy and arms — https://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/leicester1618.htm
The Peerage record for Philip Sidney — https://www.thepeerage.com/p1637.htm
Sidney family arms — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sydney_Coat_of_arms.svg
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Sidney of Penshurst
Father: Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester
Mother: Lady Catherine Cecil
Spouse(s): Lady Elizabeth Egerton
Children / next generation: Philip Sidney, 5th Earl of Leicester; John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester; Hon. Thomas Sidney; Jocelyn Sidney, 7th Earl of Leicester
Armorial Registry
Sidney of Penshurst and Leicester — Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester
Branch: Sidney of Penshurst, maternally descended from the Salisbury Cecils through Lady Catherine Cecil
Issued / recorded: 1649
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