Robert Sidney, second earl of Leicester

(1595-1677)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Leicester, Robert Sidney, Earl of, 1595-1677 NRA: Sidney Robert (1595-1677) 2nd Earl of Leicester DNB: Sidney, Robert, second earl of Leicester (1595-1677), diplomat and landowner LBT ID: RoSidne1677 VIAF ID: 69827541 LOC ID: n85057324	B/BAP: 1595-12-01 DIED: 1677-11-02
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Son of the first earl; he pursued a career as a diplomat and took a moderate course during the civil wars; he was the father of Algernon Sidney.
REFERENCES TO Robert Sidney, second earl of Leicester: Lady Morgan to Lady Olivia Clarke, 12 July 1824 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Found 1: ¶ 1 Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter XIII