Philip Sidney, 2nd Baron De L'Isle and Dudley DL (28 January 1828 – 17 February 1898) was an English Peer.

Early life

Sidney was born in London, England on 28 January 1828. He was the youngest child and only son born to

Philip Sidney, 1st Baron De L'Isle and Dudley Philip Charles Shelley Sidney, 1st Baron De L'Isle and Dudley GCH (11 March 1800 – 4 March 1851) was a British Tory politician. Early life Sidney was the only son of Sir John Shelley-Sidney, 1st Baronet and Henrietta Hunloke. The poet P ...

and the former Lady Sophia FitzClarence. His mother was an illegitimate daughter of King William IV and his mistress, the actress Dorothea Jordan. His father was the only son of

Sir John Shelley-Sidney, 1st Baronet Viscount De L'Isle, of Penshurst in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1956 for William Sidney, 6th Baron de L'Isle and Dudley, VC, KG, GCMG, GCVO (1909–1991). History This branch of t ...

and Henrietta Hunloke and was a first cousin of poet

Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley ( ; 4 August 17928 July 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achie ...

. He was educated at Eton.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition'', 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. page 1078.

Career

Sidney was an Officer in the

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, gaining the rank of Lieutenant. Upon his father's death in March 1851, he succeeded as the 3rd Shelley-Sidney Baronets of Penshurst Place and the 2nd

Baron De L'Isle and Dudley Viscount De L'Isle, of Penshurst in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1956 for William Sidney, 6th Baron de L'Isle and Dudley, VC, KG, GCMG, GCVO (1909–1991). History This branch of t ...

, of Penshurst in the County of Kent. Lord De L'Isle and Dudley served as a trustee of the

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Personal life

On 23 April 1850, Sidney was married to Mary Foulis (1826–1891), the only child of Sir William Foulis, 8th Baronet of Ingleby Manor, and the former Mary Jane Ross (second daughter of Gen. Sir Charles Lockhart-Ross, 7th Baronet of Carstairs and Lady Mary Rebecca FitzGerald, eldest daughter of William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster). Upon his marriage to Mary, he assumed the additional name of Foulis after that of Sidney by Royal Warrant on 6 June 1850, under the will of his father-in-law, but relinquished it after her death in 1891. Together, they were the parents of: * Philip Sidney, 3rd Baron De L'Isle and Dudley (1853–1922), who married Lady Elizabeth Maria ( Vereker) Astell, widow of William Harvey Astell and fourth daughter of Standish Vereker, 4th Viscount Gort and the former Hon. Caroline Harriet Gage (third daughter of Henry Gage, 4th Viscount Gage) in 1902. * Algernon Sidney, 4th Baron De L'Isle and Dudley (1854–1945), who served in the

2nd Boer War The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the Sout ...

and died unmarried. * Hon. Henry Sidney (1858–1896), who died unmarried. * William Sidney, 5th Baron De L'Isle and Dudley (1859–1945), who married Winifred Agneta Yorke Bevan, eldest daughter of Roland Yorke Bevan and the former Hon. Agneta Olivia Kinnaird (fourth daughter of

Arthur Kinnaird, 10th Lord Kinnaird Arthur FitzGerald Kinnaird, 10th Lord Kinnaird (8 July 1814 – 26 April 1887), was a Scottish banker and Liberal politician. Early life and interests Kinnaird was a younger son of Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird, and Lady Olivia Letitia Cat ...

) in 1905. * Hon. Mary Sophia Sidney (d. 1903), who died unmarried. Lady De L'Isle and Dudley died on 14 June 1891. He remarried on 25 January 1893 to Emily Frances Ramsay, eldest daughter of William Fermor Ramsay of Croughton Park and the former Emily Susan Tredcroft (fourth daughter of Rev. Robert Tredcroft, Prebendary of Chichester Cathedral). Lord De L'Isle and Dudley died at Westminster, London on 17 February 1898 and was buried at Penshurst. After his death, his widow married Sir Walter Stirling, 3rd Baronet in February 1903; they divorced in 1909. She died on 3 November 1926.

Descendants

Through his youngest son William, he was posthumously the grandfather of William Philip Sidney, who was created 1st Viscount De L'Isle, of Penshurst in the County of Kent on 12 January 1956.

References

External links

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