Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester

The Earl of Leicester
Portrait by Peter Lely
Member of Parliament
for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight)
In office
May 1659 – March 1660
MonarchCharles II
Member of Parliament
for Isle of Wight
In office
September 1654 – January 1655
Member of Parliament
for Kent
In office
July 1653 – December 1653
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
In office
April 1646 – April 1647
MonarchCharles I
Member of Parliament
for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight)
In office
November 1640 – April 1653
Member of Parliament
for St Ives
In office
April 1640 – April 1640
Personal details
Born
Philip Sidney

(1619-01-10)10 January 1619
Baynard's Castle, London
Died6 March 1698(1698-03-06) (aged 79)
Leicester House, Westminster
Resting placePenshurst Place
NationalityEnglish
SpouseLady Catherine Cecil (1628–1652)
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
OccupationPolitician and soldier
Military service
Allegiance England
Branch/serviceInfantry
Years of service1642 to 1643
RankLieutenant-General
UnitLord Lisle’s Regiment of Horse
Battles/warsBishops Wars
Irish Confederate Wars [1]

Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester (10 January 1619 – 6 March 1698) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1659 and became Earl of Leicester in 1677. He supported the Parliamentarian cause in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, when he was known as Viscount Lisle, a subsidiary title of the Earls of Leicester.