Philip Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle
The Right Honourable The Viscount De L'Isle MBE CStJ | |
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Lord Lieutenant of Kent | |
Assumed office 1 September 2011 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | Allan Willett |
Member of the House of Lords as Viscount De L'Isle | |
In office 5 April 1991 – 11 November 1999 | |
Preceded by | William Sidney |
Succeeded by | House of Lords Act 1999 |
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Born | 21 April 1945 |
Alma mater | Royal Military Academy Sandhurst |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | British Army |
Years of service | 1966–1979 |
Rank | Major |
Unit | Grenadier Guards |
Philip John Algernon Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle, MBE CStJ (born 21 April 1945) is a British peer and former soldier.
Life and career
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, having spent some of his service in Northern Ireland during The Troubles.
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 and 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. The family seat is Penshurst Place in Kent.
Styles and honours
- The Honourable Philip Sidney (1945-1977)
- The Honourable Philip Sidney MBE (1977-1991)
- The Right Honourable The Viscount De L'Isle MBE (1991-1996)
- The Right Honourable The Viscount De L'Isle MBE DL (1996-2002)
- The Right Honourable The Viscount De L'Isle MBE (2002-2012)
- The Right Honourable The Viscount De L'Isle MBE CStJ (2012-present)
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References
- ↑ "No. 59900". The London Gazette. 7 September 2011. p. 17081.
- ↑ "No. 60221". The London Gazette. 27 July 2012. p. 14480.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount De L'Isle
Honorary titles | ||
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Preceded by Allan Willett |
Lord Lieutenant of Kent 2011–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
Preceded by William Sidney |
Viscount De L'Isle 1991–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
Preceded by William Sidney |
Baronet (of Castle Goring) 1991–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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