About Edwin Sandys
Lived 1659 – 1699 (aged 39–40). Edwin Sandys was an English politician.
Edwin Sandys (1659–1699) was an English politician, MP for Worcestershire 1695–1698.
He was the eldest son of Samuel Sandys (a descendant of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York) and his wife Elizabeth Pettus, daughter of Sir John Pettus .
He was elected MP for Worcestershire in 1695. He did not stand in 1698, probably due to ill health.
Samuel Sandys (1695–1770), Chancellor of the Exchequer, created Baron Sandys in 1743 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
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Who was Edwin Sandys?
English Member of Parliament (1659-1699)
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Edwin Sandys was born in 1659.
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Edwin Sandys died in 1699.
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Edwin Sandys was a politician.
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Edwin Sandys was English.
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· DBpedia: Edwin Sandys (MP for Worcestershire)
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