John Satterfield Sandars
John Satterfield Sandars, CVO, PC (15 January 1853 – 29 March 1934) was a British barrister who served as Private Secretary to Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Biography[]
Sandars was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford and was called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1877, practising on the Midland Circuit until 1886, when he was appointed as private secretary to Henry Matthews, the Home Secretary. In 1892, he became the private secretary to Arthur Balfour, then Leader of the House of Commons and First Lord of the Treasury. He remained with Balfour until 1911, when he resigned as the leader of the Conservative Party.
Sandars was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed CVO in 1905.
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- 1853 births
- 1934 deaths
- Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
- Principal Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister