Henry Sidney
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Sir Henry Sidney was an English soldier, politician and Lord Deputy of Ireland. Instrumental in the Tudor conquest of Ireland, his attempts to consolidate English power in Ireland were a major contrib
Portrait by Arnold Bronckorst, 1573
Sir Henry Sidney sets out from Dublin Castle. Detail from a plate in The Image of Irelande, by John Derrick (London, 1581).
Sidney and the English army on the march with standards and trumpets, from The Image of Irelande, 1581
William Sidney (courtier)
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Sir William Sidney was an English courtier under Henry VIII and Edward VI.
Henry Sidney
…Ireland, his attempts to consolidate English power in Ireland were a major contributing factor to the Desmond Rebellions. Sidney was the eldest son of Sir William Sidney of Penshurst (1482 – 11 February 1553) and Anne Pakenham (1511 – 22 October 1544). His father was a prominent politician and courtier during the reigns…
Heraldic emblem of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, founded by Frances Sidney (Sidney’s daughter), a porcupine (statant) azure quills collar and chain or, being the crest of the Sidney family
Tomb of Sir William Sidney (c. 1482–1554) at St John the Baptist, Penshurst
Lady Anne (Sidney) Fitzwilliam, 1577