Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester

Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester (17 December 1649 – 11 November 1702) was the son of Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester, and the former Lady Catherine Cecil.

[1] As a child, Robert Sidney and his sister Dorothy had their portrait painted by Sir Peter Lely.

[2] He is commemorated in St John the Baptist, Penshurst.

He married Lady Elizabeth Egerton, daughter of John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, and they had four sons:[3] Three of his sons succeeded their father in turn to the earldom.

The youngest son, Jocelyn, was the last earl of this creation.