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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.

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

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Penshurst, Kent

Lands

  • Kent
  • Sussex

Event Naming Patron

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

Patronized Troupes

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