Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester (17 December 1649 – 11 November 1702) was the son of

Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester (10 January 1619 – 6 March 1698) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1659 and became Earl of Leicester in 1677. He supported the Parliamentarian caus ...

, and the former Lady

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Life

As a child, Robert Sidney and his sister Dorothy had their portrait painted by Sir

Peter Lely Sir Peter Lely (14 September 1618 – 30 November 1680) was a painter of Dutch origin whose career was nearly all spent in England, where he became the dominant portrait painter to the court. He became a naturalised British subject and was kn ...

. He is commemorated in

St John the Baptist, Penshurst St John the Baptist Church at Penshurst, Kent is a Listed building#Categories of listed building, Grade I listed Church of England, Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Rochester in England. Those buried or commemorated here include Knights, E ...

. He succeeded his father to the earldom in 1698. He married Lady Elizabeth Egerton, daughter of John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, and they had four sons: * Philip Sidney, 5th Earl of Leicester (1676–1705) *

John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester Order of the Bath, KB (14 February 168027 September 1737) was an English soldier, peer, landowner, and courtier, and from 1705 to 1737 was Earl of Leicester, with a seat in the House of Lords. Life Leicester w ...

(1680–1737) *Hon. Thomas Sidney (1681 – 27 January 1729) * Jocelyn Sidney, 7th Earl of Leicester (1682–1743) Three of his sons succeeded their father in turn to the earldom. The youngest son, Jocelyn, was the last earl of this creation. Sidney's memorial can be seen at

Penshurst Penshurst is a historic village and civil parishes in England, civil parish located in a valley upon the northern slopes of the Weald, Kentish Weald, at the confluence of the River Medway and the River Eden, Kent, River Eden, within the Seveno ...

. His tomb in

Church was designed by William Stanton of Holborn and completed by William woodman.Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.368 , -

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leicester, Robert Sidney, 4th Earl Of 1649 births 1702 deaths 4th Earl of Leicester

Robert The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, prais ...

17th-century English nobility