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Hace 4 días · The history of the square, in fact, begins with Leicester House, which was built between 1632 and 1636, by Robert Sidney, Earl of Leicester, whose voluminous correspondence, preserved among the "Sidney Papers," is a history, in little, of his time, and of whose sons, Philip and Algernon Sidney, Leicester Fields hold many memories.
Hace 4 días · But when Robert Sidney, second Earl of Leicester, purchased four acres of St. Martin's Field in 1630 in order to build Leicester House, he had first, before enclosing part of his land for building, to compensate the parishioners for their loss of rights.
17 de may. de 2024 · Monck was made colonel of a regiment raised by his distant relative Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, which landed in Dublin in January 1642 and served under the Earl of Ormond. Over the next eighteen months, he campaigned against rebel strongholds in Leinster , during which he was responsible for several alleged massacres in County Kildare ...
17 de may. de 2024 · By his wife, Dorothy Devereaux, who died on 3 August, 1619 (and was also buried at Petworth) they were parents of Algernon Percy, the 10th Earl, Henry Percy, lord Percy of Alnwick, and 2 daughters, Dorothy (1598-1677), wife of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, and Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle.
Hace 5 días · Dorothy Spencer, Countess of Sunderland, was the eldest child of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester. When about eighteen, Edmund Waller began to pay court to her, and his verses, addressed to her under the name of "Sacharissa," have contributed in no slight measure to her renown.
Hace 5 días · His younger brother, Robert Sidney was a statesman and patron of the arts, and was created Earl of Leicester in 1618. His younger sister, Mary, married Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke and was a writer, translator and literary patron.
18 de may. de 2024 · It was later rumoured that in the summer of 1648 Lucy had been the mistress of Colonel Robert Sidney, a younger son of the Earl of Leicester. [4] . As Charles had no legitimate surviving children, his younger brother James, Duke of York, was next in line to the throne. [3] .
