Frances Radclyffe, Countess of Sussex was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I and the founder of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. She was the daughter of Sir William Sidney, of Penshurst Pl
The Countess of Sussex c. 1570-75, this painting hangs in the hall of Sidney Sussex College
Dublin Castle has been described as “ruinous, foule, filthie, and greatlie decaied” at the time of their arrival in 1556.
Heraldic emblem of Sidney Sussex College, a porcupine (statant) azure quills collar and chain or, being a crest of the Sidney family
Chapel Court in 2010
Philip Sidney
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Sir Philip Sidney was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age.
Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex
…courtier during the reign of King Henry VIII, and his wife, the former Anne Packenham. She was the sister of Sir Henry Sidney, and aunt to both the poet Sir Philip Sidney and the first Sidney Earl of Leicester. In 1555, she married (as his second wife) Thomas Radclyffe, Viscount FitzWalter, who was appointed Lord Deputy…
Sir Philip Sidney, after Antonis Mor
Frances Walsingham, attributed to Robert Peake, 1594
Memorial for Sir Philip Sidney at the spot where he was fatally injured
The funeral of Sir Philip Sidney, 1586