Edwin Sandys (MP for Worcestershire)
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Edwin Sandys (1659–1699) was an English politician, MP for Worcestershire 1695–1698.{{cite web|website=The History of Parliament|title=SANDYS, Edwin (1659-99), of Ombersley, Worcs.|url=http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1690-1715/member/sandys-edwin-1659-99|access-date=2 October 2019}}
He was the eldest son of Samuel Sandys {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MP}} (a descendant of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York) and his wife Elizabeth Pettus, daughter of Sir John Pettus {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MP}}.
He was elected MP for Worcestershire in 1695. He did not stand in 1698, probably due to ill health.
Family
On 14 October 1694 he married Alice Rushout, daughter of Sir James Rushout {{post-nominals|country=GBR|Bt|MP}}. They had two sons and one daughter:{{cite book|last=Davis|first=Martin|date=2017|title=Samuel 1st Baron Sandys of Ombersley, 1695–1770|series=Sandys of Ombersley: Fragments of nine lives|volume=1|page=6|url=https://www.academia.edu/39375587|access-date=2 January 2020}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Samuel Sandys (1695–1770), Chancellor of the Exchequer, created Baron Sandys in 1743{{cite DNB|wstitle=Sandys, Samuel|last=Barker|first=G. F. R.|volume=50}}
- 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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Category:English MPs 1695–1698
Category:Members of the Parliament of England for Worcestershire
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