Philip Charles Shelley Sidney, 1st Baron De L'Isle and Dudley, GCH (11 March 1800 – 4 March 1851), was a British Tory politician.
The Lord De L'Isle and Dudley | |
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Member of Parliament for Eye | |
In office 19 October 1829 – 14 March 1831 Serving with Sir Edward Kerrison | |
Preceded by | Sir Miles Nightingall Sir Edward Kerrison |
Succeeded by | Sir Edward Kerrison William Burge |
Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
as a hereditary peer 13 January 1835 – 4 March 1851 | |
Succeeded by | Philip Sidney, 2nd Baron De L'Isle and Dudley |
Personal details | |
Born | Philip Charles Shelley Sidney 11 March 1800 |
Died | 4 March 1851 | (aged 50)
Political party | Tory |
Spouse | |
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Parent(s) | Sir John Shelley-Sidney, 1st Baronet Henrietta Hunloke |
Relatives | William IV (father-in-law) |
Alma mater | Eton College Christ Church, Oxford |
Early life
editSidney was the only son of Sir John Shelley-Sidney, 1st Baronet, and Henrietta Hunloke. The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was his cousin. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
Marriage and issue
editOn 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:
- The Hon. Adelaide Augusta Wilhelmina Sidney (d. 1904). Married The Hon. Frederick FitzClarence-Hunloke in 1856; no issue.
- The Hon. Ernestine Wellington Sidney (d. 1910). Married to Philip Perceval in 1868; had issue.
- The Hon. Sophia Philippa Sidney (d. 1907). Married to Count Alexander von Kielmansegg in 1871; no issue.
- Philip Sidney, 2nd Baron De L'Isle and Dudley (1828–1898). Married firstly to Mary Foulis in 1850; had issue. Married secondly to Emily Frances Ramsay in 1893; no issue.
Career
editSidney 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
editLord de L'Isle and Dudley died in March 1851, aged 50, and was succeeded in his titles by his son Philip.
References
edit- ^ "No. 19228". The London Gazette. 9 January 1835. p. 42.
External links
edit- "De L'Isle and Dudley, Lord [Philip Charles] (formerly Shelley-Sidney) (D835CS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord De L'Isle and Dudley