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Robert Sidney was the second son of Sir Henry Sidney, was a statesman of Elizabethan and Jacobean England. He was also a patron of the arts and a poet. His mother, Mary Sidney née Dudley, was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth I and a sister of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, an advisor and favourite of the Queen.
Leicester Square (/ ˈ l ɛ s t ər / ⓘ LEST-ər) is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London, England, and is the centre of London's entertainment district.It was laid out in 1670 as Leicester Fields, which was named after the recently built Leicester House, itself named after Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester.
Robert Sidney may refer to: Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester (1563–1626), English nobleman and statesman Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1595–1677), son of the above
Philip Sidney, 5th Earl of Leicester (1676–1705) John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester (1680–1737) Hon. Thomas Sidney (1681 – 27 January 1729) Jocelyn Sidney, 7th Earl of Leicester (1682–1743) Three of his sons succeeded their father in turn to the earldom. The youngest son, Jocelyn, was the last earl of this creation. Sidney's memorial ...
The title was again created in 1618 for Robert Sidney (Baron Sydney), his nephew. Prior to being granted the earldom, Robert Sidney was granted the subsidiary title of Viscount Lisle on 4 May 1605. The Sidneys retained the titles until the death of the seventh Earl in 1743, when the titles again became extinct.
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Essex House, from the Thames, after most of it was demolished. Essex House was a house that fronted the Strand in LondonOriginally called Leicester House, it was built around 1575 for Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, and was renamed Essex House after being inherited by his stepson, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, after Leicester's death in 1588.
Leicester Court, Leicester Place, Leicester Square and Leicester Street – in the 17th and 18th centuries on the north side of the square was Leicester House, built by Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester and later the residence of Frederick, Prince of Wales; Leicester Court was formerly Ryder Court, after a local leaseholder, Richard Ryder ...