Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester

The Earl of Leicester
The Earl of Leicester
Personal details
Born	1 December 1595
Died	2 November 1677 (aged 81); Penshurst
Spouse	Lady Dorothy Percy (m. 1615; died 1659)
Children	Dorothy Spencer, Countess of Sunderland; Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester; Algernon Sidney; Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney; Robert Sidney; Lady Lucy Pelham;
Parent(s)	Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester; Barbara Gamage
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1 December 1595 – 2 November 1677) was an English diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1625 and then succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Leicester.