John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, PC (February 14, 1680 – September 27, 1737) was a Privy Councillor during the Georgian era

Georgian era

The Georgian era is a period of British history which takes its name from, and is normally defined as spanning the reigns of, the first four Hanoverian kings of Great Britain : George I, George II, George III and George IV...

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He was born and died at his family home of Penshurst Place

Penshurst Place

Penshurst Place is a historic building near Tonbridge, Kent, south east of London, England. It is the ancestral home of the Sidney family, and was the birthplace of the great Elizabethan poet, courtier and soldier, Sir Philip Sidney. The original medieval house is one of the most complete examples...

 in Kent

Kent

Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

 and is buried at Penshurst

Penshurst

Penshurst is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. The parish is located on the northern slopes of the Weald, west of Tonbridge. Within the parish boundaries are the two villages of Penshurst and Fordcombe, with a combined population of some 1,479 persons. The...

. He was one of the five sons of Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester

Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester

Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester was the son of Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester and the former Lady Catherine Cecil.As a child, Robert Sidney and his sister Dorothy had their portrait painted by Sir Peter Lely....

. (1649–1702) by Lady Elizabeth Egerton (1653–1709), the daughter of John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater

John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater

John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater PC was an English nobleman.He was a son of John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater and his wife Lady Frances Stanley...

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John inherited the earldom from his brother, Philip Sidney, 5th Earl of Leicester

Philip Sidney, 5th Earl of Leicester

Philip Sidney, 5th Earl of Leicester was a British peer and Member of Parliament for Kent, styled Viscount Lisle from 1698 to 1702.He inherited the earldom from Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester and was succeeded by...

, in 1705. Before inheriting the title he was briefly a member of the House of Commons

British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

 as MP

Member of Parliament

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 for Brackley

Brackley (UK Parliament constituency)

Brackley was a parliamentary borough in Northamptonshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1547 until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...

. Their younger brother Jocelyn Sidney

Jocelyn Sidney, 7th Earl of Leicester

Jocelyn Sidney, 7th Earl of Leicester was a British peer, known as Hon. Jocelyn Sidney until 1737.He was the son of Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester and Lady Catherine Cecil. In 1734, he was appointed Chief Porter of the Tower of London by his older brother John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester,...

 followed as 7th Earl of Leicester.