Jocelyn Sidney, 7th Earl of Leicester (1682 – 7 July 1743) was a British
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, known as Hon. Jocelyn Sidney until 1737.
He was the son of
Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester and Lady Elizabeth Egerton. He was educated at
University College,
Oxford University. In February 1717, he married Miss Elizabeth Thomas, of
Glamorgan
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On 30 April 1734, he was appointed Chief Porter of the
Tower of London by his older brother
John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, then
Constable of the Tower. He held the office until 1737, when he succeeded his brother as
Earl of Leicester. He died on 7 July 1743, when the earldom and the viscountcy of Lisle became extinct. The dowager countess Elizabeth died on 14 November 1747.
While Leicester had no legitimate children, he left one illegitimate daughter, Lady Anne Sidney, who married
Henry Streatfeild of
Chiddingstone, Kent on 25 September 1752. On Sir Jocelyn's death, Henry could potentially have inherited the Penshurst Estate, but after much legal wrangling Henry and Anne only received the income from the Sidneys' Welsh properties - but these were still fairly significant.
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1682 births
1743 deaths
7th Earl of Leicester
Jocelyn
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18th-century English people
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