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Major The Right HonourableThe Viscount De L'IsleCVO MBE CStJ DL
Lord Lieutenant of Kent
In office 1 September 2011 – 21 April 2020
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Allan Willett
Succeeded by	Annabel Campbell, Baroness Colgrain
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer 5 April 1991 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 1st Viscount De L'Isle
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Personal details
Born	Philip John Algernon Sidney (1945-04-21) 21 April 1945 (age 79)
Spouse	Isobel Compton ​(m. 1980)​
Children	2
Parent(s)	William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle Jacqueline Vereker
Alma mater	Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1966–1979
Rank	Major
Unit	Rifle Brigade Grenadier Guards
Battles/wars	The Troubles

Philip John Algernon Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle (born 21 April 1945), is a British hereditary 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 Officer Cadet School and the Royal Military Academy 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.

De L'Isle 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. He was appointed Commander of the Order of Saint John in 2012, and Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 2019 Birthday Honours.

Personal life

On 15 November 1980, De L'Isle married Isobel Tresyllian Compton, youngest daughter of civil servant Sir Edmund Compton. They have two children: Sophia Jacqueline Mary Sidney (born 1983) and Philip William Edmund Sidney (born 1985).

Viscount De L'Isle succeeded to his father's titles in 1991. The family seat is Penshurst Place in Kent.

Ancestry

Viscount De L'Isle is a descendant of King William IV though his illegitimate daughter Lady Sophia FitzClarence. His ancestors also include the Lords Kinnaird, the Viscounts Gort and the Viscounts Gage.

Notes

1. Pursuant to the House of Lords Act 1999.

References

1. "No. 59900". The London Gazette. 7 September 2011. p. 17081.
2. "No. 60221". The London Gazette. 27 July 2012. p. 14480.
3. "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B4.

External links

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

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• Living people
• Members of the Order of the British Empire
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• Rifle Brigade officers
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