Miles Sandys (died 1601)

Miles Sandys (c. 1520 – 22 October 1601) was an English courtier and politician. He sat in each of the eight Parliaments from 1563 to 1597, yet never represented the same constituency twice.

Sandys was the brother of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York. Like his brother, he was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1544. He was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1551, became a Bencher in 1578, and served as Treasurer 1588–95.[1]

He was an influential crown official, working in the Court of Queen's Bench and becoming Clerk of the Crown. He sat as MP for Taunton (1563–1567), Lancaster (1571), Bridport (1572), Buckinghamshire (1584–85), Abingdon (1586–87), Plymouth (1588–89), Andover (1593) and Stockbridge (1597–98).[2]

He died on 22 October 1601 in Latimer, Buckinghamshire.[1]

Family

Sandys was married firstly to Hester Clifton, daughter of William Clifton. They had four sons and three daughters:[3]

• Sir Edwin Sandys MP (c. 1564–1608)
• Sir William Sandys (1565–1641)
• Hester Sandys (1569–1656),[4] married Sir Thomas Temple, Bt
• George Sandys
• Henry Sandys
• Elizabeth Sandys, married Sir Edmund Conquest, High Sheriff of Bedfordshire 1618[5]
• Bridget Sandys, married Sir Nicholas Hyde, Bt[6]

Sandys was married secondly to Bridget Colt, widow of alderman Woodcock of London.[1][2]

Family tree of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York

William Sandys Edwin Sandys (1519–1588) Archbishop of York Miles Sandys MP (c. 1520–1601) Baronet, 1611 Sir Samuel Sandys MP (1560–1623) Sir Edwin Sandys MP (1561–1629) also James, William, Margaret (Aucher), Thomas, Henry Sir Miles Sandys Bt MP (1563–1645) Anne Sandys (1570–c. 1629) m. Sir William Barne George Sandys (1578–1644) poet Sir Edwin Sandys MP (c. 1564–1608) m. Elizabeth, dau. of William, 3rd Baron Sandys Sir William Sandys (1565–1641) Sir Edwin Sandys MP (1591–1623) Henry Sandys MP (c. 1607–1640) Edwin Sandys (d. 1642) killed in Civil War Sir Miles Sandys Bt (d. 1654) Anne Barne (1587–1633) m(1) Sir William Lovelace m(2) Jonathan Browne Henry Sandys, 5th Baron Sandys (d. 1644) killed in Civil War m. Jane, dau. of Sir William Sandys Sir Miles Sandys MP (c. 1601–1636) William Sandys MP (c. 1607–1669) "Waterworks" Sir Samuel Sandys MP (1615–1685) Sir Richard Sandys (d. 1669) Richard Lovelace (1617–1657) poet Francis Lovelace (c. 1621–1675) Govr. of New York William, 6th Baron Henry, 7th Baron Edwin, 8th Baron Baronet, 1684 Samuel Sandys MP (c. 1637–1701) Sir Richard Sandys Bt (1670–1726) James Madison U.S. President Edwin Sandys MP (1659–1699) Baron Sandys, 1743 Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys (1695–1770) Chancellor of the Exchequer Edwin Sandys, 2nd Baron Sandys (1726–1797) Martin Sandys (1729–1768) Baron Sandys, 1802 Mary Sandys, 1st Baroness Sandys (1764–1836) m. Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire Marquesses of Downshire Barons Sandys Disambiguation pages: Edwin Sandys · Henry Sandys · Miles Sandys · Samuel Sandys See also: Marquesses of Downshire family tree

References

1. "Sandys, Miles (SNDS544M)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
2. "SANDYS, Miles (d.1601), of Fladbury, Worcs. and Latimer, Bucks". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
3. "Sandys Family: Myles Sandys of Latimers (High Sheriff)". tudorplace.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
4. Willis, Browne (1755). The History and Antiquities of the Town, Hundred, and Deanry of Buckingham. p. 276. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
5. Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1848). Memoirs Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of the County and City of York. p. 230. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
6. Courthope, William John (1835). Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England. p. 107. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

• Neale, J. E. (1949). The Elizabethan House of Commons. London: Jonathan Cape.
• Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. p. 119.