Edwin Sandys (MP for Worcestershire)
Edwin Sandys (1659–1699) was an English politician, MP for Worcestershire 1695–1698.[1]
He was the eldest son of Samuel Sandys MP (a descendant of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York) and his wife Elizabeth Pettus, daughter of Sir John Pettus MP.
Family[]
On 14 October 1694 he married Alice Rushout, daughter of Sir James Rushout Bt MP.[1] They had two sons and one daughter:[2]
- Samuel Sandys (1695–1770), Chancellor of the Exchequer, created Baron Sandys in 1743[3]
- Alice Sandys (born 1696), married Captain Daniel Tomkins
- Edwin Sandys (1698–1718?), "bred for the sea and died young", possibly in 1718 on board the Argyle
References[]
- ^ a b "SANDYS, Edwin (1659-99), of Ombersley, Worcs". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ Davis, Martin (2017). Samuel 1st Baron Sandys of Ombersley, 1695–1770. Sandys of Ombersley: Fragments of nine lives. Vol. 1. p. 6. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ Barker, G. F. R. (1897). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 50. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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