Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
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Sidney Sussex College (referred to informally as "Sidney") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge[5] 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. In her will, Lady Sidney left the sum of £5,000 together with some plate to found a new College at Cambridge University "to be called the Lady Frances Sidney Sussex College".[6] Her executors Sir John Harington and Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent, supervised by Archbishop John Whitgift, founded the Protestant College seven years after her death.[7]
Sidney Sussex College | |||
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University of Cambridge | |||
Scarf colours: two equal halves of dark-red and navy
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Location | Sidney Street (map) | ||
Full name | The College of the Lady Frances Sidney Sussex | ||
Abbreviation | SID[2] | ||
Motto | Dieu me garde de calomnie (Middle French) | ||
Motto in English | God preserve me from calumny | ||
Founder | Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex | ||
Established | 1596; 428 years ago (1596) | ||
Sister college | St John's College, Oxford | ||
Master | Martin Burton | ||
Undergraduates | 396 (2022-23) | ||
Postgraduates | 240 (2022-23) | ||
Fellows | 80 | ||
Endowment | £29m (2022)[3] | ||
Visitor | Viscounts De L'Isle ex officio[4] | ||
Website | www | ||
Sidney Sussex College Students' Union (SSCSU) | sscsu | ||
MCR | www | ||
Map | |||