Earl of Leicester
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Earl of Leicester is a title that has been created seven times. The first title was granted during the 12th century in the Peerage of England. The current title is in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and was created in 1837.
Holkham Hall
Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, was an English courtier, soldier, and landowner. He was chamberlain to Anne of Denmark.
Barbara Sidney with six of her children, painted c. 1596 by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (1561–1636), collection of Viscount de Lisle, Penshurst Place
Sidney's second wife, Sarah Blount, inscribed: 1599 Aetatis Suae 19 ("1599: in the 19th year of her age")
Engraved portrait of Sidney by Simon de Passe, 1617