Edwin Sandys, 2nd Baron Sandys (28th Apr 1726 – 11 Mar 1797) was a British politician.[1]

He was the eldest son of Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys and his wife Letitia, daughter of Sir Thomas Tipping, baronet of Wheatfield, Oxfordshire. He succeeded his father to the barony and to estates in Ombersley and elsewhere in 1770.

He served as Member of Parliament for Droitwich from 1747 to 1754, for Bossiney from 1754 to 1762 and for Westminster from 1762 to 1770. He was a Lord of the Admiralty from April to July, 1757.

He and his wife had no issue, so that his title became extinct on his death, but his estates passed to his niece Mary, Marchioness of Downshire, who was in 1802 created Baroness Sandys with special remainder to her younger sons, before the eldest.

References

  1. ^ "SANDYS, Hon. Edwin (1726-97), of Ombersley, Worcs". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
Parliament of Great Britain Preceded byThomas Foley, later Lord Foley Lord George Bentinck Member of Parliament for Droitwich 1747–1754 With: Francis Winnington Succeeded byThomas Foley, later Lord Foley Robert Harley Preceded byWilliam Ord William Montagu Member of Parliament for Bossiney 1754–1762 With: Edward Wortley Montagu Succeeded byEdward Wortley Montagu John Richmond Webb Preceded byViscount Pulteney Hon. Edward Cornwallis Member of Parliament for Westminster 1762–1770 With: Viscount Pulteney 1762 – 1763 Baron Warkworth (Earl Percy) 1763–1770 Succeeded byBaron Warkworth (Earl Percy) Sir Robert Bernard, Bt Peerage of Great Britain Preceded bySamuel Sandys Baron Sandys 1773 – 1779 Extinct
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