Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester

The Earl of Leicester
Personal details
Born	1 December 1595
Died	2 November 1677(1677-11-02) (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.