Sidney, Robert (1563 - 1626)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1563-11-19
Death Date: 1626-07-13

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1584-9-23
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Gamage, Barbara (1559 - 1621)

  1. Female offspring: Sidney, Mary (1587 - 1653)

Primary Title

8th Viscount Lisle
15th Earl of Leicester

Titles

  • 1st Baron Sidney of Penhurst
    Assumed 1603-05-13
    Vacated 1626-07-13
  • 8th Viscount Lisle
    Assumed 1605-05-04
    Vacated 1626-07-13
  • 15th Earl of Leicester
    Assumed 1618-08-02
    Vacated 1626-07-13

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Governor, n.d. -05-22
JP, Sussex n.d. n.d.
MP, Glamorgan 1584 n.d.
JP, Glamorgan 1585 n.d.
Bailiff, Kent 1587-7-4 n.d.
High Steward & Bailiff, Kent 1587-7-4 n.d.
JP, Glamorgan 1590 1591
JP, Kent 1593 n.d.
MP, Glamorgan 1593 n.d.
JP, Glamorgan 1594 n.d.
MP, Kent 1597 n.d.
JP, Glamorgan 1602 1626
Chamberlain to Queen Anne, England 1603-7-14 n.d.
Councillor to Queen Anne, England 1604-8-9 n.d.
High Steward, Warwickshire 1606-7-2 n.d.
High Steward, Kent 1607-6-3 n.d.
JP, Kent 1608 n.d.
Council Member, Marches of Wales 1617 n.d.
JP, Kent 1626 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Penshurst, Kent

Lands

  • Kent
  • Sussex

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1618-1618 Coventry (Unknown), Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Leicester's Trumpeters
Performance 1610-1611 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Lisle's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Leicester's Trumpeters Sidney, Robert (1563 - 1626) Musicians 1
Lord Lisle's Players Sidney, Robert (1563 - 1626) Players 1

Bibliographic Sources

The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)