Philip Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle

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Lord De L'Isle speaking at the opening ceremony of Watling Court

Philip John Algernon Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle, MBE (born 21 April 1945) is a British peer and former soldier.

Biography

Lord De L'Isle is the only son of William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle and his wife Jacqueline (née Vereker), a daughter of Field Marshal John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort. He was educated at Tabley House, Mons OCS and Sandhurst. After service in the Rifle Brigade, in 1966, he became a Major in the Grenadier Guards and took early retirement in 1979. He was appointed Vice-Lieutenant of Kent in 2002 and is also a Freeman of the City of London and a member of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. On 1 September 2011, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Kent.[1] In 2012, he was made a commander of the Order of Saint John.[2]

Marriage & Family

On 15 November 1980, De L'Isle married Isobel Tresyllian Compton, youngest daughter of the civil servant Sir Edmund Compton. They have two children: Sophia Jacqueline Mary Sidney (born 1983) and Philip William Edmund Sidney (born 1985).

De L'Isle succeeded to his father's titles in 1991.

Ancestry

Family of Philip Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Philip Sidney, 1st Baron De L'Isle and Dudley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Philip Sidney, 2nd Baron De L'Isle and Dudley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Lady Sophia FitzClarence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. William Sidney, 5th Baron De L'Isle and Dudley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Sir William Foulis, 8th Baronet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Mary Foulis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Mary Jane Ross
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Robert Cooper Lee Bevan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Roland Yorke Bevan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Lady Agneta Elizabeth Yorke
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Winifred Agneta Yorke Bevan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Arthur Kinnaird, 10th Lord Kinnaird
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Hon. Agneta Olivia Kinnaird
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Mary Jane Hoare
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Philip Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Standish Vereker, 4th Viscount Gort
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. John Vereker, 5th Viscount Gort
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Hon. Caroline Harriet Gage
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Robert Smith Surtees
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Eleanor Surtees
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Elizabeth Jane Fenwick
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Hon. Jacqueline Corrine Vereker
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Hon. John Prendergast Vereker
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. George Medlicott Vereker
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Louisa Medlicott
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Corinna Katherine Vereker
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Robert Manders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Frances Gore Manders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 59900. p. 17081. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 60221. p. 14480. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2015.

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Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Kent
2011–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Viscount De L'Isle
1991–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent


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