George Montagu Warren Sandford (born Peacocke; 1821 – 17 June 1879) was a British

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politician. He adopted the surname Sandford in lieu of Peacocke in 1866. Sandford was the eldest son of George Peacocke, of Dawlish,

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, and his second wife, Jemima Durnford (by his 2nd wife, Jemima, daughter of Andrew Montagu Isaacson Durnford. He was the nephew and heir of Sir Warren Marmaduke Peacocke. He was educated at

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and

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. He earned his B.A. from

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in 1844 and his M.A. in 1849 from Magdalene College, Cambridge. He joined the Inner Temple in 1839 and was called to the bar in 1846. At the 1852 general election, Sandford (as Peacocke) was elected

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for Harwich but his election was voided on petition in the following year. Sandford won a by-election at

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in August 1854 where the 1852 election had also been declared void. He was defeated in 1857, re-elected in

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, and 1865, but defeated again when Maldon's representation was reduced to one seat in

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. He was re-elected in 1874, and held the seat until he

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from the

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on 5 December 1878 by becoming

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. On 8 January 1866, he assumed the surname and arms of Sandford, by Royal Licence, to inherit from his grandmother, Mary Peacocke of Barntick,

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, heiress of the Sandford family of Sandford Court, County Kilkenny. He resided at Reeves Hall,

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, and

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. On 15 April 1858, he married Augusta Mary Greville, daughter of Algernon Frederick Greville. He died at his home in Mayfair.

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