Sidney (surname)
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Sidney as a surname
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As a family name in the English aristocracy:
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- Algernon Sidney, republican under Charles II
- Donald Sidney-FryerDonald Sidney-FryerDonald Sidney-Fryer is a poet and entertainer born September 8, 1934, in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps, and moved to California, where he attended university, and met Clark Ashton Smith several times...
, American poet - George SidneyGeorge SidneyGeorge Sidney was an American film director and film producer who worked primarily at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.-Career:...
, American film director - Henry SidneyHenry SidneySir Henry Sidney , Lord Deputy of Ireland was the eldest son of Sir William Sidney of Penshurst, a prominent politician and courtier during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI, from both of whom he received extensive grants of land, including the manor of Penshurst in Kent, which became the...
(1529-1586), father of Mary, Philip and Robert, Earl of Leicester - Hilarie SidneyHilarie SidneyHilarie Sidney is a musician most famously recognized as the longtime drummer for The Apples in Stereo. She was previously married to Apples in Stereo frontman and Elephant 6 co-founder Robert Schneider. Their divorce became publicly acknowledged in 2004...
, musician - Mary SidneyMary SidneyMary Herbert , Countess of Pembroke , was one of the first English women to achieve a major reputation for her literary works, poetry, poetic translations and literary patronage.-Family:...
, married Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke - Mary Sidney, Lady SidneyMary Dudley, Lady SidneyMary Sidney , Lady Sidney was an English lady-in-waiting at the court of Elizabeth I, and the mother of the courtier and poet Sir Philip Sidney...
, mother of Mary, Philip and Robert, Earl of Leicester - Philip SidneyPhilip SidneySir Philip Sidney was an English poet, courtier and soldier, and is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan Age...
, poet and courtier under Elizabeth I - Sylvia SidneySylvia SidneySylvia Sidney was an American actress who rose to prominence in the 1930s appearing in numerous crime dramas.-Early life:...
, American actress
As a family name in the English aristocracy:
- Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of LeicesterRobert Sidney, 1st Earl of LeicesterRobert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester , second son of Sir Henry Sidney, was a statesman of Elizabethan and Jacobean England. He was also a patron of the arts and an interesting poet...
(d.1626) - Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of LeicesterRobert Sidney, 2nd Earl of LeicesterRobert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester was an English aristocrat and diplomat.-Life:He was the son of Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, and his first wife, Barbara Gamage...
(1595-1677) - Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of LeicesterPhilip Sidney, 3rd Earl of LeicesterPhilip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1659 and inherited the peerage of Earl of Leicester in 1677. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War...
(1619-1698) - Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of LeicesterRobert Sidney, 4th Earl of LeicesterRobert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester was the son of Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester and the former Lady Catherine Cecil.As a child, Robert Sidney and his sister Dorothy had their portrait painted by Sir Peter Lely....
(1649-1702) - Philip Sidney, 5th Earl of LeicesterPhilip Sidney, 5th Earl of LeicesterPhilip Sidney, 5th Earl of Leicester was a British peer and Member of Parliament for Kent, styled Viscount Lisle from 1698 to 1702.He inherited the earldom from Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester and was succeeded by...
(1676-1705) - John Sidney, 6th Earl of LeicesterJohn Sidney, 6th Earl of LeicesterJohn Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, PC was a Privy Councillor during the Georgian era.He was born and died at his family home of Penshurst Place in Kent and is buried at Penshurst. He was one of the five sons of Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester...
(1680-1737) - Jocelyn Sidney, 7th Earl of LeicesterJocelyn Sidney, 7th Earl of LeicesterJocelyn Sidney, 7th Earl of Leicester was a British peer, known as Hon. Jocelyn Sidney until 1737.He was the son of Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester and Lady Catherine Cecil. In 1734, he was appointed Chief Porter of the Tower of London by his older brother John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester,...
(1682-1743) - Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of RomneyHenry Sydney, 1st Earl of RomneyHenry Sydney , 1st Earl of Romney was born in Paris, a son of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, of Penshurst Place in Kent, England, by Lady Dorothy Percy, a daughter of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland and sister of Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland.Henry was a brother of...
, also spelled Sidney - Philip Charles Sidney, 1st Baron De L'Isle and Dudley (1800 - 1851)
- Philip Sidney, 2nd Baron De L'Isle and Dudley (1828 - 1898)
- Philip Sidney, 3rd Baron De L'Isle and Dudley (1853 - 1922)
- Algernon Sidney, 4th Baron De L'Isle and Dudley (1854 - 1945)
- William Sidney, 5th Baron De L'Isle and Dudley (1859 - 1945)
- William Philip Sidney, 6th Baron De L'Isle and DudleyWilliam Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'IsleWilliam Philip Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle and 6th Baron De L'Isle and Dudley VC KG GCMG GCVO KStJ PC , was the 15th Governor-General of Australia and the final non-Australian to hold the office...
(1909 - 1991) - Philip John Algernon Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle (b. 1945)
- Hon. Philip William Edmund Sidney (b. 2 Apr 1985)