Philip Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle

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

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.

External links

Honorary titles
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


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, February 29, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.