Henry Sidney, earl of Romney

Henry Sidney, earl of Romney (born 1641, Paris—died April 8, 1704, London) was an English statesman who played a leading role in the Revolution of 1688–89. The son of Robert Sidney, 2nd earl of Leicester, he entered Parliament in 1679 and supported legislation to exclude King Charles II’s Roman Catholic brother James, duke of York (later King James II), from the succession to the throne. Sent by Charles as envoy to The Hague, Sidney used...