Walter Sydney Sichel (1855–1933) was an English biographer and lawyer, the brother of Edith Helen Sichel, of German-Jewish descent, born in London and educated at Harrow and at Balliol College, Oxford. He studied law and was called to the bar in 1879. He wrote two law books and made contributions to the reviews. Additionally, he wrote: The Squires [by Aston Ryot (Σ)], an Aristophanic Burlesque (1885) Bolingbroke (1902) Disraeli, A Study in Personality and Ideas (1904) The Life of Lord Beaconsfield (1904) Emma, Lady Hamilton (new edition, 1905) The Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan (two volumes, 1909) Sterne, A Study (1910) References English Jewish writers English biographers 19th-century English historians 1855 births 1933 deaths People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford English people of German-Jewish descent 19th-century English lawyers 20th-century English historians Male biographers 20th-century English lawyers 19th-century biographers 20th-century biographers