= Henry Sidney = '''Henry Sidney''' was a statesman of [[UnitedKingdom/Democratization|Great Britain]]. <> ---- == History == Sidney served under [[UnitedKingdom/ThomasRadclyffe|Radclyffe]] in the subjugation of Scottish-Gaelic clans in Ireland. [[UnitedKingdom/Elizabeth|Elizabeth]] appointed Sidney to lord president of Wales in 1559, removing him from Ireland for several years. In 1565 he returned to Ireland, finally as lord deputy himself. He had significant success in implementing '''surrender and regrant''' policies; chiefs and lords were compelled to surrender lands to the crown, then granted those same lands ''within'' the feudal structure of the English crown. He also enacted widespread violence (e.g., the '''Rathlin Island massacre''', suppression of the First and Second Desmond Rebellion, the '''Massacre of Mullaghmast''', etc.) to maintain command over the territory. TODO: learn some more history! ---- CategoryRicottone CategoryTodoLearnHistory