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Philip Sidney, 1st Baron De L'Isle and Dudley

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The Lord De L'Isle and Dudley
Member of Parliament
for Eye
In office
19 October 1829 – 14 March 1831
Serving with Sir Edward Kerrison
Preceded bySir Miles Nightingall
Sir Edward Kerrison
Succeeded bySir Edward Kerrison
William Burge
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
13 January 1835 – 4 March 1851
Preceded byPeerage created
Succeeded byThe 2nd Baron De L'Isle and Dudley
Personal details
Born
Philip Charles Shelley Sidney

(1800-03-11)11 March 1800
Died4 March 1851(1851-03-04) (aged 50)
Political partyTory
Spouse
(m. 1825; died 1837)
Children
Parent(s)Sir John Shelley-Sidney, 1st Baronet
Henrietta Hunloke
RelativesWilliam IV (father-in-law)
Alma materEton College
Christ Church, Oxford

Philip Charles Shelley Sidney, 1st Baron De L'Isle and Dudley, GCH (11 March 1800 – 4 March 1851), was a British Tory politician.

Early life

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Sidney was the only son of Sir John Shelley-Sidney, 1st Baronet, and Henrietta Hunloke. The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was his first cousin. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.

Marriage and issue

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On 13 August 1825, he married Lady Sophia FitzClarence, illegitimate daughter of King William IV and his mistress, the actress Dorothea Jordan. Lord and Lady De L'Isle and Dudley had four children:

  • Hon. Adelaide Augusta Wilhelmina Sidney (1 June 1826 – 20 September 1904). Married her first cousin, Hon. Frederick FitzClarence-Hunloke (son of George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster), in 1856; no issue.
  • Philip Sidney, 2nd Baron De L'Isle and Dudley (28 January 1828 – 17 February 1898). Married firstly to Mary Foulis in 1850; had issue. Married secondly to Emily Frances Ramsay in 1893; no issue.
  • Hon. Ernestine Wellington Sidney (9 January 1934 – 20 September 1910). Married to Philip Perceval in 1868; had issue.
  • Hon. Sophia Philippa Sidney (11 March 1837 – 12 May 1907). Married to Count Alexander von Kielmansegg in 1871; no issue.

Career

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Sidney represented Eye in the House of Commons from 1829 to 1831 and also served as an equerry to his father-in-law from 1830 to 1835 and as Surveyor-General of the Duchy of Cornwall from 1833 to 1849. In 1835, fourteen years before he succeeded his father, he was raised to the peerage as Baron De L'Isle and Dudley, of Penshurst in the County of Kent.[1]

Death

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Lord de L'Isle and Dudley died in March 1851, aged 50, and was succeeded in his titles by his son Philip.

References

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  1. ^ "No. 19228". The London Gazette. 9 January 1835. p. 42.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Eye
1829–1831
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron De L'Isle and Dudley
1835–1851
Succeeded by
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baronet
of Penshurst Place
1849–1851
Succeeded by