Samuel Sandys ( – 4 August 1701) was an English politician, MP for

Droitwich Droitwich Spa (often abbreviated to Droitwich ) is an historic spa town in the Wychavon district in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe. It is located approximately south-west of Birmingham and north-east of Worcester. The ...

in five Parliaments. The son of Sir

Samuel Sandys Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys (; 10 August 1695 – 21 April 1770), was a British Whig politician who represented Worcester in the House of Commons from 1718 until 1743, when he was created Baron Sandys. He held numerous posts in the governm ...

, he succeeded his father as MP for Droitwich in 1661, when his father became MP for the county. His father became MP for Droitwich again in 1681; the son succeeded him again in 1685. Sandys was re-elected in 1689, and stood for the county in 1690, but withdrew when he appeared likely to win. Sandys died on 4 August 1701, aged 64, and was buried at

Ombersley Ombersley is a village and civil parish in Wychavon district, in the county of Worcestershire, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Holt Fleet, where Telford's 1828 Holt Fleet Bridge crosses the River Severn. The 2011 census recorded a ...

Family

On 7 February 1655, Sandys married Elizabeth Pettus, daughter of Sir John Pettus . They had three sons and four daughters: * Edwin Sandys (1659–1699) * Henry Sandys (died young) * Martin Sandys (1672–1753), Fellow of New College, Oxford, barrister, Town Clerk of Worcester * Elizabeth Sandys (died young) * Penelope Sandys, married Henry Townshend * Mary Sandys (died 14 January 1729), married

Price Devereux, 9th Viscount Hereford Price Devereux, 9th Viscount Hereford (1664 – 3 October 1740) of Vaynor Park, Montgomeryshire and Ombersley Court, Worcestershire was a British Peer. He was the son of Price Devereux (who died before his own father in 1666) and grandson o ...

* Frances Sandys, married

Samuel Pytts Samuel Pytts ( – 15 January 1729) was an English politician, MP for Hereford and Worcestershire. Pytts was the son of James Pytts of Wick, Worcestershire and his wife Catherine Cliffe of Malvern. He matriculated at New College, Oxford in 1689 ...

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