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Rh of a regiment, and in the following year he was appointed Envoy to the States of Holland, having previously declined going as Ambassador to Paris.

In this situation, Sidney remained about two years, high in the favour and affection of the Prince of Orange; daring which time he made frequent visits to England, and it is to these periods that the most interesting portions of his journal refer.

Daring his absence at the Hague, he was elected member for Bramber, in the Parliament which met in October, 1680, and though he does not mention it himself, Rapin states that he took an active part in the great question of the exclusion of the Duke of York, both voting and speaking in favour of