Philip Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle

Philip John Algernon Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle, MBE, DL (born 21 April 1945) is a British peer and former soldier.

Lord De L'Isle is the eldest son of the William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle, and his wife Jacqueline (née Vereker). 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 15 November 1980, he married Isobel Tresyllian Compton, the youngest daughter of the civil servant Sir Edmund Compton. They have two children, Hon. Sophia Jacqueline Mary (born 1983) and Hon. Philip William Edmund (born 1985). Sidney succeeded to his father's titles in 1991.

References[]

Tam Dalyell. "Obituary: Sir Edmund Compton". The Independent(London). 14 Mar 1994. FindArticles.com. Accessed 25 January 2008. <http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19940314/ai_n14856593>

External links[]

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount De L'Isle

Honorary titles
Preceded by Robin Leigh-Pemberton	Honorary Colonel of the 5th Battalion of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment 1992–1999	Succeeded by Merged with the 3rd Battalion
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Sidney	Viscount De L'Isle 1991–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

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