Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.

Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.

Individual Page

Person Info

Name: Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester
Sex: M
Birth: 1 Dec 1595 in Baynards Castle, London ^b
Death: 2 Nov 1677 ^d
Burial: 8 Nov 1677 in Penshurst ^u

Parents:

Father:
Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester Birth: 19 Nov 1563 in Penshurst, Kent Death: 13 Jul 1626 in Penshurst

Mother:

Barbara GAMAGE Death: May 1621

Family:
Marriage:

Dorothy PERCY on Abt Jan 1615 .^m1
Dorothy PERCY Death: 20 Aug 1659

Children:

Lucy SYDNEY Birth: 2
Dorothy SIDNEY Birth: Sion House

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Baronetage, 1611-1800, vol 1 English baronetcies 1611-1625 and Irish 1618-1625. Exeter, England: W Pollard, 1900. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/268971 Also available at https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524374 Also available at https://archive.org/details/completebaroneta01coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CB I [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 06 Gordon-Huntley. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VI [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 07 Hussee-Lincolnshire. London: St Catherine Press, 1929. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VII [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 10, Oakham-Richmond. London: St Catherine Press, 1945. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP X [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-1, Skelmersdale-Towton. London: St Catherine Press, 1953. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/1 [Ap][p0-9].*].
Clutterbuck, Robert, History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1815-27, v1-3. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/188626. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v[1-3]p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: CP VII p554],
place:: [Ref: CP VII p554],
parents:: [Ref: CP VII p554]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP VII p554]

Sources for burial Information

date:: [Ref: CP VII p554],
place:: [Ref: CP VII p554]

Sources with Information about marriage to Dorothy PERCY

date:: abt Jan 1615 [Ref: CP VII p554],
child:: [Ref: CB I p9, CP XII/1 p483, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p107]

Research Notes:
2nd Earl of Leicester, of Earldom cr 1618 [Ref: CP VII p554]
Earl of Leicester [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v1p107]

heir of his father [Ref: CP VII p554]

Pedigree of Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester
          /-----Sir Henry SIDNEY, K.G.
/-----Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester
|        |                                                      /-----John IV De SUTTON
|        |                                             /-----John V De SUTTON
|        |                                            |         \-----Alice Le DESPENSER
|        |                                    /-----Sir John VI SUTTON, K.G., Lord Dudley
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Walter Le BLOUNT
|        |                                   |         \-----Constance BLOUNT
|        |                                   |                  \-----Sancha De AYALA
|        |                           /-----John DUDLEY
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Thomas De BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir John De BERKELEY
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Katherine De CLYVEDON
|        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth BERKELEY
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Sir John BETTESHORNE
|        |                          |                  \-----Elizabeth BETTESHORNE
|        |                          |                           \-----Goda
|        |                  /-----Edmund DUDLEY
|        |                 |        |                           /-----John BRAMSHOTT
|        |                 |        |                  /-----William BRAMSHOTT
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth De LISLE
|        |                 |        |         /-----John BRAMSHOTT
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Joan
|        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth BRAMSHOT
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John PELHAM
|        |                 |                  \-----Katherine PELHAM
|        |                 |                           \-----Joan De COURCY
|        |         /-----John DUDLEY, K.G., Duke Of Northumberland
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Reynold De GREY, Lord Grey Of Ruthin
|        |        |        |                           /-----Reynold De GREY, Lord Grey Of Ruthin
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Alinore LESTRANGE
|        |        |        |                  /-----Edward De GREY, Lord Ferrers Of Groby
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William ASTLEY, Lord Astley
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Joan ASTELEY
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Joan WILLOUGHBY
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Edward GREY, Viscount Lisle
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----William De FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Groby
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Henry FERRERS
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Philippa De CLIFFORD
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth FERRERS, Lady Ferrers Of Groby
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas MOWBRAY, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel MOWBRAY
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Elizabeth FITZ ALAN
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth GREY, Baroness Lisle
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Richard TALBOT, Lord Talbot
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir John TALBOT, K.G., Earl Of Shrewsbury
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Ankaret Le STRANGE
|        |        |                 |         /-----John TALBOT, Vicount Lisle
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard BEAUCHAMP, K.G., Earl Of Warwick
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret BEAUCHAMP
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth BERKELEY, Countess Of Warwick
|        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth TALBOT, Baroness Lisle
|        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas CHEDDAR
|        |        |                           \-----Joan CHEDDAR
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Robert SCOBHULL
|        |        |                                    \-----Isabel SCOBHULL
|         \-----Mary DUDLEY
|                 |                                             /-----William GUILDFORD
|                 |                                    /-----Edward GUILDFORD
|                 |                                   |         \-----Joan De HALDEN
|                 |                           /-----Sir John GUILFORD
|                 |                          |         \-----Julian De PITTLESDEN
|                 |                  /-----Sir Richard GUILFORD, K.G.
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----John WALLER
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Richard WALLER
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret LANDSDALE
|                 |                 |         \-----Alice WALLER
|                 |                 |                  \-----Silvia GULBY
|                 |         /-----Sir Edward GUILFORD
|                 |        |        |         /-----John PIMPE
|                 |        |         \-----Anne PIMPE
|                  \-----Jane GUILFORD
|                          |                                    /-----Sir Thomas WEST, Lord West
|                          |                           /-----Sir Reynold WEST, Lord La Warre, Lord West
|                          |                          |         \-----Joan La WARRE
|                          |                  /-----Sir Richard WEST, Lord La Warre
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Robert THORLEY
|                          |                 |         \-----Margaret THORLEY
|                          |                 |                  \-----Anne De La POLE
|                          |         /-----Sir Thomas WEST, K.G., Lord La Warre, Lord West
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter HUNGERFORD, K.G., Lord Hungerford
|                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert HUNGERFORD, Lord Hungerford
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Catherine PEVERELL
|                          |        |         \-----Katherine HUNGERFORD
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Sir William BOTREAUX, Lord Botreaux
|                          |        |                  \-----Margaret BOTREAUX, Baroness Botreaux
|                          |        |                           \-----Elizabeth BEAUMONT
|                           \-----Eleanor WEST
|                                   |                  /-----Sir John MORTIMER
|                                   |         /-----Sir Hugh MORTIMER
|                                    \-----Elizabeth MORTIMER
|                                            |                  /-----Richard CORNWALL
|                                            |         /-----Sir Edmund CORNWALL
|                                            |        |         \-----Cecily SEYMOUR
|                                             \-----Eleanor CORNWALL
|                                                     |         /-----Sir Thomas De BARRE
|                                                      \-----Elizabeth BARRE
|                                                               \-----Alice TALBOT
Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester
|         /-----John GAMAGE
\-----Barbara GAMAGE

Descendants of Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester

1. Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester m. Dorothy PERCY

m. Dorothy PERCY father: Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland mother: Dorothy DEVEREUX

2+ Lucy SYDNEY m. Sir John PELHAM

3+ Dorothy SIDNEY m1. Henry SPENCER, Earl of Sunderland m2. Robert SMYTHE

2nd generation

2. Lucy SYDNEY m. Sir John PELHAM

m. Sir John PELHAM father: Sir Thomas PELHAM mother: Mary WILBRAHAM

4+ Thomas PELHAM, Lord Pelham of Laughton m1. Elizabeth JONES m2. Grace HOLLES

5+ Henry PELHAM m.

6+ Elizabeth PELHAM m. Edward MONTAGU

3. Dorothy SIDNEY m1. Henry SPENCER, Earl of Sunderland m2. Robert SMYTHE

m. Henry SPENCER, Earl of Sunderland father: William SPENCER, Lord Spencer of Wormleighton mother: Penelope WROTTESLEY

7+ Dorothy SPENCER m. George SAVILLE, Marquess of Halifax

8 Penelope SPENCER

9+ Robert SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland m. Anne DIGBY

m. Robert SMYTHE

3rd generation

4. Thomas PELHAM, Lord Pelham of Laughton m1. Elizabeth JONES m2. Grace HOLLES

m. Elizabeth JONES father: Sir William JONES mother: Elizabeth ALLEYNE

10+ Elizabeth PELHAM m. Charles TOWNSHEND, Viscount Townshend

m. Grace HOLLES father: Gilbert HOLLES, Earl of Clare mother: Grace PIERREPONT

11 Thomas PELHAM, Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne m. Henrietta GODOLPHIN

5. Henry PELHAM m.

12+ Thomas PELHAM m. Annetta BRIDGES

6. Elizabeth PELHAM m. Edward MONTAGU

m. Edward MONTAGU father: George MONTAGU mother: Elizabeth IRBY

13+ Grace MONTAGU m. William COSBY

14+ George MONTAGU, Earl Of Halifax m1. Ricarda Posthuma SALTONSTALL m2. Mary LUMLEY

7. Dorothy SPENCER m. George SAVILLE, Marquess of Halifax

m. George SAVILLE, Marquess of Halifax father: Sir William SAVILLE mother: Anne COVENTRY

15 George SAVILLE

16 Henry SAVILLE

17+ William SAVILE, Marquess of Halifax m1. Elizabeth GRIMSTON m2. Mary FINCH

9. Robert SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland m. Anne DIGBY

m. Anne DIGBY father: George DIGBY, K.G., Earl of Bristol mother: Anne RUSSELL

18 Robert SPENCER

19+ Charles SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland m1. Arabel CAVENDISH m2. Anne CHURCHILL m3. Judith TICHBORNE

20 Henry SPENCER

21 Anne SPENCER m. James HAMMILTON, Duke of Hamilton

22 Elizabeth SPENCER m. Donnagh MACCARTY, Earl of Clancarty

23 Isabella SPENCER

24 Mary SPENCER

4th generation

10. Elizabeth PELHAM m. Charles TOWNSHEND, Viscount Townshend

m. Charles TOWNSHEND, Viscount Townshend father: Horatio TOWNSHEND, Viscount Townshend mother: Mary ASHE

25+ Charles TOWNSHEND, Viscount Townshend m. Audrey HARRISON

12. Thomas PELHAM m. Annetta BRIDGES

m. Annetta BRIDGES father: Thomas BRIDGES

26+ Thomas PELHAM, Earl of Chichester m. Anne FRANKLAND

13. Grace MONTAGU m. William COSBY

m. William COSBY father: Alexander COSBY mother: Elizabeth L'ESTRANGE

27+ Elizabeth COSBY m. Augustus FITZROY

14. George MONTAGU, Earl Of Halifax m1. Ricarda Posthuma SALTONSTALL m2. Mary LUMLEY

m. Ricarda Posthuma SALTONSTALL father: Richard SALTONSTALL mother: Silence PARKER

28+ Lucy MONTAGUE m. Francis NORTH, Earl of Guilford

m. Mary LUMLEY father: Richard LUMLEY, Earl Of Scarbrough mother: Frances JONES

29 Mary MONTAGU m. Sir Danvers OSBORNE

17. William SAVILE, Marquess of Halifax m1. Elizabeth GRIMSTON m2. Mary FINCH

m. Elizabeth GRIMSTON father: Sir Samuel GRIMSTON mother: Elizabeth FINCH

30 George SAVILLE

31 Lucy Anne SAVILLE

32 Anne SAVILLE

m. Mary FINCH father: Daniel FINCH, Earl of Winchilsea mother: Essex RICH

33 George SAVILLE

34 Essex SAVILLE

35 William SAVILLE

36+ Dorothy SAVILE m. Richard BOYLE, Earl of Burlington

37 Mary SAVILLE

19. Charles SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland m1. Arabel CAVENDISH m2. Anne CHURCHILL m3. Judith TICHBORNE

m. Arabel CAVENDISH father: Henry CAVENDISH, Duke of Newcastle mother: Frances PIERREPONT

38 Frances SPENCER m. Henry HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle; Henry HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle father: Charles HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle mother: Anne CAPELL

m. Anne CHURCHILL father: John CHURCHILL, Duke Of Marlborough mother: Sarah JENNINGS

39 Anne SPENCER m. William BATEMAN

40 Diana SPENCER m. John RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford; John RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford father: Wriothesley RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford mother: Elizabeth HOWLAND

41 Robert SPENCER

42 Robert SPENCER, Earl of Sunderland

43+ Charles SPENCER, K.G., Duke of Marlborough m. Elizabeth TREVOR

44+ John SPENCER m. Georgiana Caroline CARTERET

m. Judith TICHBORNE father: Benjamin TICHBORNE mother: Elizabeth GIBBS

5th generation

25. Charles TOWNSHEND, Viscount Townshend m. Audrey HARRISON

m. Audrey HARRISON father: Edward HARRISON mother: Frances BRAY

45+ George TOWNSHEND, Marquess Townshend m1. Charlotte COMPTON, Baroness Ferrers Of Chartley m2. Anne MONTGOMERY

26. Thomas PELHAM, Earl of Chichester m. Anne FRANKLAND

m. Anne FRANKLAND father: Frederick Meinhart FRANKLAND mother: Elizabeth

46 Lucy PELHAM m. John HOLROYD, Earl of Sheffield; John HOLROYD, Earl of Sheffield father: Isaac HOLROYD mother: Dorothy BAKER

27. Elizabeth COSBY m. Augustus FITZROY

m. Augustus FITZROY father: Charles FITZROY, Duke Of Grafton mother: Henrietta SOMERSET

47+ Augustus Henry FITZROY, Duke Of Grafton m1. Anne LIDDELL m2. Elizabeth WROTTESLEY

28. Lucy MONTAGUE m. Francis NORTH, Earl of Guilford

m. Francis NORTH, Earl of Guilford father: Francis NORTH, Lord Guilford mother: Alice BROWNLOW

48+ Frederick NORTH, Earl of Guilford m. Anne SPEKE

36. Dorothy SAVILE m. Richard BOYLE, Earl of Burlington

m. Richard BOYLE, Earl of Burlington father: Charles BOYLE, Earl of Burlington mother: Juliana NOEL

49+ Charlotte Elizabeth BOYLE, Baroness Clifford m. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire

43. Charles SPENCER, K.G., Duke of Marlborough m. Elizabeth TREVOR

m. Elizabeth TREVOR father: Thomas TREVOR, Lord Trevor mother: Elizabeth BURRELL

50+ Diana SPENCER m1. Frederick Viscount Bolingbroke and St John m2. Topham BEAUCLERK

51 Elizabeth SPENCER m. Henry HERBERT, Earl Of Pembroke

52+ George SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough m. Caroline RUSSELL

53 Charles SPENCER m. Mary BEAUCLERK

54 Robert SPENCER m. Henrietta FAWKENER

44. John SPENCER m. Georgiana Caroline CARTERET

m. Georgiana Caroline CARTERET father: John CARTERET, Earl Granville mother: Frances WORSLEY

55+ John SPENCER, Earl Spencer m. Margaret Georgiana POYNTZ

56 Diana SPENCER