LEICESTER. 49 [R'Bert Dudley, nfl/lefl Lono Denbigh, ». and b. up. by Letti<;e, bis- last wife, it. v.p., an infant, 19 July 1584, at Wanstead, and was bur. in the Beaucbamp cbapei, Warwick. M.I.J XII. 1618. 1. Sir Robert Sydxky(») of Penshurst, co. Kent, 2.1,( b ) but eventually 1st surv. s. and h. male of Sir Henry Sydney, K.G., by Mary, 1st sister of Robert, late Kaiii. of LEICESTER, da. of John (Dudley), Dcke ok Nouthoiuehi.asd, was /,«/>. 28 Nov. 1563 ; mat. at Oxford (Ch. Gh.) about 1574; M.P. for Glamorganshire, 1 5S4 -S"> and 159% for Kent, 1597-98, served in the wars in the Netherlands and Brabant ; knighted (by the Karl of Leicester) 7 Oct. 1586 ; a: -M A. of Oxford, 11 April 15SS.(q Gov. of Flushing, 15S3-1616 ; a: 13 May 1003, BARON SYDNEY OF PENsHUIiST, CO. Kent (beinR at that date Chamberlain to the Queen (Consort) and was n: 1 Mav 1605, VISCOUNT L , tSLR.(<«) He was el. KG., '26 May and inst. 7 .Inly 1616. b-im;, finally, a: 2 Aug. 1618,(») KARL OF LEICESTER. He m. firstly, 23 Sep. 1584, at St. Donate, co. Glamorgan, Barbara da. and h. of John Gamage. of Coity. She d. May 1621, He m. secondly. Sarah, widow of Sir Thomas Smythe. of Bidborough, co. Kent, da. and h. of William Blount. He d. at Penshurst, 13 July 1626, ageJ 63. Adnion. 23 June 1627. His widow rf. about 16".6. Her will pr". 1656. XIII. 1G2G. ?. Rodert (Sydney), Earl of Leicester, &c., 3il, but 1st surv. s. and h.( f ) b. 1 Dec. 1595 in Loudon ; mat. (with his elder br., William! at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 27 Feb. 1606,7 ; KB.. 3 June 1610; M.P. for Wilton. 1614; for Kent, 1621-22, and for Monmouthshire, 1621 and 1625. having beeatt'lled VlSGOt'Sf L Isi.E. since 1618, till he (life to the Unrldnm 13 July 1626 ; P.O., 16:i9. and again 1660 ; Ambassador to Denmark, July to Nov. 1632, to Holstoin, 1632, and to Paris. 1636-41 ; Chief Governor of Ireland as Lord Lieut , and Gen. of the Army there, 1641-43. Lord Lieut, of Kent (un the nom. of the Pari.) IS 12 ami several "times in that year Speaker of the House of Lords. He m. about Jan. 1615, Dorothy, da. of Henry (Prrct), 9th Earl ok Nouthumbehland, by Dorothy, da. of Walter (DbvERBUX), 1st Earl OP Essex. She. who was bap. at Petworth, Sussex, 20 Aug. 1598, d. 19 Aug. 1650. He d. 2 Nov. 1677, aged 81. Will pr. 1677. XIV. 1G77. 3. Pmur (Sydney), Eari, of Leicester, 8cc, s. and h., b. Jan. 1619; sti/led Viscorxr L'Isi.e, 1626-77, was M.P. for Yar- mouth, March to April 1610 and Nov. 1640-48, for Kent, 1653 and for co. Louth [I.] HU2-44, and was a zealous republican. Chief Gov. of Ireland, as Lord Lieut., for the Pari., ami Commander-in-Chief of the forces there, 1646-47 ; Councillor of State, 1619, being President of that Council, Feb. to March 1652 ; Councillor to the " Lord Protector" Uec. 16">;t, with a salary of £1000 being in Dec. 1657 (under the designation of 'bird Vi-cnmit Lisle") one of the (62) members of Cromwell's (*) An elaborate ped of Sidney (with many coats of arms beautifully engraved) is in the •' ,1/is. Sen. el ller." (1st series), vol. ii, pp. 160, Ac. ( b ) The eldest son was the celebrated Sir Philip Sydney, who d. s.p.m., 16 Oct. 1586, of wounds received at the battle of Zutphen. ( c ) The following persons " purpurea hubilu. mure Acadtmfeo, indnti" were created M.A. in convocation at Oxford, on 11 April 158S; Clinton, Domiuus, sou of the Earl of Lincoln ; Nonius Pominus John, President of Minister ; Sidney, Doininus Robert [afterwards, 3 61S, Earl of Leicester] ; Noubis, Dominus Henry [Lord Norris de Rycote, 1572-^7] CabYE, Magister Robert; Butler, Domiuus Philip ; Guivei.l [i.e., Ghevii.i.i ] Magister Fouke [cr. Baron Brooke, 1621] and Dausey [i.e., Daiicy], Magister Francis." See Clark's " Rtg. of the fuiv. of Oxford" 1571-1622. Vol. ii. part i, p. 231. ( d ) The Visconntcy and Barony of L'Isle had been previously enjoyed by his maternal ancestors, the Barony becoming extinct in 15S9 on the death of his mother's brother, Ambrose (Dudley), Earl of Warwick, the last heir male of that family. () See vol. iii, p. 113, note "e," as to the nicknames of the grantees of the four Earldoms cr. that day. ( f ) The second son was the well known Algernon Sydney, executed 7 Sep. 1683, and the 4th and yst. s., Henry Sydney, was it. Earl of Roumey in 1694. E
