Sidney (surname)

Sidney (surname)

::"For the origin and usage of the name Sidney, see Sidney (name origin)"Sidney as a surname may be

*Algernon Sidney, republican under Charles II
*Donald Sidney-Fryer, American poet
*George Sidney, American film director
*Henry Sidney (1529-1586), father of Mary, Philip and Robert, Earl of Leicester
*Hilarie Sidney, musician
*Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke
*Philip Sidney, poet and courtier under Elizabeth I
*Sylvia Sidney, American actress

As a family name in the English aristocracy:
*Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester (d.1626)
*Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1595-1677)
*Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester (1619-1698)
*Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester (1649-1702)
*Philip Sidney, 5th Earl of Leicester (1676-1705)
*John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester (1680-1737)
*Jocelyn Sidney, 7th Earl of Leicester (1682-1743)
*Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, 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 Dudley (1909 - 1991)
*Philip John Algernon Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle (b. 1945)
*Hon. Philip William Edmund Sidney (b. 2 Apr 1985)

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