Colonel Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge o ...

Henry Sandys, 5th Baron Sandys (died 6 April 1644), was an English nobleman and

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officer in the

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. Sandys was the third and youngest, but only surviving, son of Sir Edwin Sandys (eldest son of Miles Sandys and nephew of Edwin Sandys,

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) and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of William, 3rd Baron Sandys of The Vyne. Until their marriage in 1586, Sandys' parents were not related, their families having different origins: the family of Archbishop Sandys originated in Cumbria, while the Barons Sandys had their seat at

The Vyne The Vyne is a Grade I listed building, Grade I listed 16th-century country house in the parish of Sherborne St John, near Basingstoke, in Hampshire, England. The house was first built ''circa'' 1500-10 in the Tudor style by William Sandys, 1st ...

, Hampshire. Sandys married Jane, daughter of Sir William Sandys of

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, Gloucestershire. They had the following children: * William Sandys, 6th Baron Sandys * Henry Sandys, 7th Baron Sandys * Miles Sandys (died without offspring) * Edwin Sandys, 8th Baron Sandys * Hester Sandys, married Humphrey Noy, son of

William Noy William Noy (1577 – 9 August 1634) was an English jurist. He was born on the family estate of Pendrea in St Buryan, Cornwall. He left Exeter College, Oxford, without taking a degree, and entered Lincoln's Inn in 1594. From 1603 until his d ...

, Attorney General * Alathea Sandys, married Francis Goston * Mary Sandys, married Dr. Henry Savage, Master of Balliol College, Oxford * Jane Sandys, married John Harris * Margaret Sandys, married Sir John Mill * Margery Sandys, married Sir Edmund Fortescue Due to the Civil War, Sandys was never summoned to Parliament as a peer. Sandys fought on the royalist side, received a mortal wound at the

Battle of Cheriton The Battle of Cheriton of 29 March 1644 was an important Parliamentarian victory during the First English Civil War. Sir William Waller's "Army of the Southern Association" defeated a Royalist force jointly commanded by the Earl of Forth and ...

(at

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near Alresford, Hampshire) on 29 March 1644, and died on 6 April.

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