SIDNEY, ROBERT [SSNE 1369]
- Surname
- SIDNEY, SYDNEY
- First name
- ROBERT
- Title/rank
- EARL OF LEICESTER
- Nationality
- ENGLISH
- Region
- LEICESTER
- Social status
- NOBILITY
Text source
Robert Sydney is listed as serving in the Netherlands between 1614-16. In 1632 he was employed on embassies to the Hanse, Denmark and Holstein and in 1636-41 to France. Sidney was back in Denmark in 1659 with Edward Montague, Robert Honeywood and Thomas BoonePRO, SP/75/12; G. M. Bell, A Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives 1509-1688 (London, 1990); Sreve Murdoch, Network North: Scottish Kin, Commercial and Covert Associations in Northern Europe, 1603-1746 (Brill, Leiden, 2006), p.297.
Service record
- STUART KINGDOMS, DENMARK-NORWAY
- Arrived 1632-01-01
- Departed 1632-10-24
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, HAMBURG
- Arrived 1632-10-25
- Departed 1632-11-30
- Capacity AMBASSADOR
- STUART KINGDOMS, FRANCE
- Arrived 1636-01-01
- Departed 1641-12-31
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- ENGLAND, DENMARK-NORWAY
- Arrived 1659-03-11
- Departed 1659-09-13
- Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY