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Sidney Sussex College (referred to informally as "Sidney") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge [4] in England. The College was founded in 1596 under the terms of the will of Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex (1531–1589), wife of Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex , and named after its foundress.
Frances Radclyffe, Countess of Sussex (née Sidney; 1531–1589) was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I and the founder of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.She was the daughter of Sir William Sidney, [1] of Penshurst Place in Kent, a prominent courtier during the reign of King Henry VIII, and his wife, the former Anne Packenham.
Crest of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Date: 7 July 2004: Source: Made by Lupin using Inkscape and licensed under GFDL on 7 July 2004. Author: Recropped by Richie.
The period of 1675 to 1757 saw the redevelopment of the college's site into a large three-sided court, one of only six at Oxbridge colleges; the others are at Sidney Sussex, Jesus and Downing at Cambridge, and Trinity College and Worcester, St Catharine's sister college, at Oxford. Proposals for a range of buildings to complete the fourth side ...
Robert Phelps by Alfred Edward Emslie. Robert Phelps (1808 – 11 January 1890) served as Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge from 1843 until his death.. Phelps was born in 1808 in Devonport, Plymouth, the son of Robert Millar Phelps and the younger brother of the actor Samuel Phelps. [1]
The crest represented the areas transferred from East Sussex and Surrey in 1974: the Saxon crown was taken from the East Sussex arms and the acorns from those of Surrey. [ 9 ] The blazon of the arms is: Azure six martlets three two and one and a chief indented or, and for a crest on a wreath of the colours a sprig of oak proper fructed with two ...
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Born in Plymouth, he had studied history at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and subsequently taught at Manchester Grammar School. A Quaker and pacifist , he had refused to serve his national service , resulting in some initial suspicion about him, however his support for the grammar school system and his conscientious, genial nature enabled ...