Philip Sidney, 2nd Baron de Lisle and Dudley

Philip Sidney, 2nd Baron De L'Isle and Dudley (28 January 1828 – 17 February 1898), was an English hereditary peer.

Early life Sidney was born in London, England, on 28 January 1828. He was the youngest child and only son born to Philip Sidney, 1st Baron De L'Isle and Dudley, and his wife, the former Lady Sophia FitzClarence.

Career Sidney was an Officer in the Royal Horse Guards, gaining the rank of Lieutenant. Upon his father's death in March 1851, he succeeded as the 3rd Shelley-Sidney baronets of Penshurst Place and the 2nd Baron De L'Isle and Dudley, of Penshurst in the County of Kent.

Lord De L'Isle and Dudley served as a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery.

Personal life On 23 April 1850, Sidney was married to Mary Foulis (1826–1891), the only child of Sir William Foulis, 8th Baronet, and the former Mary Jane Ross (second daughter of Gen. Sir Charles Lockhart-Ross, 7th Baronet, and Lady Mary Rebecca FitzGerald, eldest daughter of William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster). Upon his marriage to Mary, he assumed the additional name of Foulis after that of Sidney by Royal Warrant on 6 June 1850, under the will of his father-in-law, but relinquished it after her death in 1891. Together, they were the parents of:

Lord De L'Isle and Dudley died at Westminster, London, on 17 February 1898 and was buried at Penshurst. After his death, his widow married Sir Walter Stirling, 3rd Baronet, in February 1903; they divorced in 1909. She died on 3 November 1926.