Sedley is a surname, and may refer to:
*Amelia Sedley, fictional character from the novel ''
Vanity Fair'' by
William Makepeace Thackeray
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Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (1657–1717), mistress of
King James II
James VII and II (14 October 1633 16 September 1701) was King of England and King of Ireland as James II, and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Re ...
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Sir Charles Sedley, 2nd Baronet
Sir Charles Sedley, 2nd Baronet (c. 1721 – 23 August 1778), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1747 and 1778.
Sedley was the eldest son of Sir Charles Sedley, 1st Baronet, son of Sir Charles Sedley, illegitimate s ...
(1721–1778), British politician
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Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet (1639–1701), English wit, dramatist and politician, and Speaker of the House of Commons
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David Sedley
David Neil Sedley FBA (born 30 May 1947) is a British philosopher and historian of philosophy. He was the seventh Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge University.
Early life
Sedley was educated at Trinity College, Oxford where ...
(born 1947), the seventh Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge University
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Kate Sedley
Kate Sedley (born 30 July 1926) is the pen-name of Brenda Margaret Lilian Clarke (née Honeyman), an English historical novelist. She was born in Bristol in 1926 and educated at The Red Maids' School, Westbury-on-Trym. She is married and has ...
, the pen-name of Brenda Margaret Lilian Honeyman Clarke (1926–2022), English historical novelist
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Stephen Sedley
Sir Stephen John Sedley (born 9 October 1939) is a British lawyer. He worked as a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales from 1999 to 2011 and was a visiting professor at the University of Oxford from 2011 to 2015.
Early life and ed ...
, (born 1939), (The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Sedley), a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales
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William Sedley
William Sedley (c1509-1553) was an English landowner and administrator from Kent who lived at Scadbury in the parish of Southfleet and served as Sheriff
A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with ...
,
High Sheriff of Kent
The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown (prior to 1974 the office previously known as sheriff)."Sheriffs appointed for a county or Greater London shall be known as high sheriffs, and any reference in any enactment or instrum ...
in 1547
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