Thomas Sandys (Gatton MP)
Thomas Sandys (or Sands or Sandes; 1600–1658) was an English politician, MP for Gatton. Sandys was born in 1600, the elder son of John Sandys of Leatherhead, Surrey.[1] He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, matriculating in 1617, aged 17. He became a barrister-at-law at the Middle Temple in 1625, and a bencher in 1648.[2] In the Long Parliament elected in 1640, Sandys was elected MP for Gatton along with Sir Samuel Owfield[1] (who died in 1644 and was replaced by his son William Owfield in 1645). A rival candidate for Sandys' seat was returned by the Copley family,[1] a Mr. Sanders, who was declared not duly elected on 5 November 1641.[3] Although Sandys supported Parliament against the King,[1] both he and William Owfield were secluded from Parliament in Pride's Purge in 1648.[4] Sandys played no part in politics during the ascendancy of Oliver Cromwell, and died at the end of 1658.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Bastian, F. (1959). "Leatherhead Families of the 16th and 17th Centuries: III. Sands of Randalls" (PDF). Proceedings of the Leatherhead & District Local History Society. 2 (3): 81.[dead link]
- ↑ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1714. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ↑ Cobbett, William (1807). Cobbett's Parliamentary History of England. Vol. 2. p. 620. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ↑ The Parliamentary or Constitutional History of England. Vol. 18. 1755. p. 470. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
