SIDNEY (SURNAME)

::''For the origin and usage of the name Sidney, see Sidney (name origin)''
'Sidney' as a surname may be

★ Algernon Sidney, republican under Charles II

★ Donald Sidney-Fryer, American poet

★ George Sidney, American film director

★ Henry Sidney (1529-1586), father of Mary, Philip and Robert, Earl of Leicester

★ Hilarie Sidney, musician

★ Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke

★ Philip Sidney, poet and courtier under Elizabeth I

★ Sylvia Sidney, American actress
As a family name in the English aristocracy:

★ Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester (d.1626)

★ Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1595-1677)

★ Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester (1619-1698)

★ Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester (1649-1702)

★ Philip Sidney, 5th Earl of Leicester (1676-1705)

★ John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester (1680-1737)

★ Jocelyn Sidney, 7th Earl of Leicester (1682-1743)

★ Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, also spelled Sidney

★ Philip Charles Sidney, 1st Baron De L'Isle and Dudley (1800 - 1851)

★ Philip Sidney, 2nd Baron De L'Isle and Dudley (1828 - 1898)

★ Philip Sidney, 3rd Baron De L'Isle and Dudley (1853 - 1922)

★ Algernon Sidney, 4th Baron De L'Isle and Dudley (1854 - 1945)

★ William Sidney, 5th Baron De L'Isle and Dudley (1859 - 1945)

★ William Philip Sidney, 6th Baron De L'Isle and Dudley (1909 - 1991)

★ Philip John Algernon Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle (b. 1945)

★ Hon. Philip William Edmund Sidney (b. 2 Apr 1985)