Sir Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester,
K.G.
(see here),
born 1563,
mar Barbara Gamage,
like his brother Sir Philip Sidney
he was also a poet,
MP for Kent from 1585,
inherited Penshurst 1586,
when his father and brother died,
cr 1st Baron Sidney of Penshurst by James I 1603,
K.G. 1616,
cr 1st Earl of Leicester 1618
(his uncle Robert Dudley's title, which had gone extinct 1588),
died Penshurst, July 1626, age 63 yrs,
had issue: