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English politician and author

Sir Miles Sandys (c. 1601 – 1636) was an English politician and author, MP for Cirencester in 1625.

Sandys was the son of Sir William Sandys (son of Miles Sandys MP, himself brother of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York), and his wife Margaret, daughter of Walter Culpeper. His younger brother was William Sandys MP, the waterways engineer known as "Waterworks Sandys".

He was educated at Hart Hall, Oxford, matriculating in 1616 aged 15, not taking a degree. He entered the Middle Temple as a student in 1618.

He was knighted on 8 June 1619.

On 4 November 1622 he married Mary Hanbury, daughter of Sir John Hanbury. They had one daughter and three sons:

  • Mary Sandys
  • William Sandys (died 1649)
  • Edward Sandys
  • Miles Sandys

Sandys was elected MP for Cirencester in the Useless Parliament of 1625. The Parliament was dissolved by King Charles I after sitting for less than three months; Sandys left no mark on the parliamentary records.

He was the author of the treatise Prudence, published in two editions in 1634, which accounts for prudence as comprising memory, understanding and providence.


Family tree of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York
William Sandys
Edwin Sandys
(1519–1588)
Archbishop of York		Miles Sandys MP
(c. 1520–1601)
Baronet, 1611
Samuel Sandys MP
(1560–1623)		Edwin Sandys MP
(1561–1629)		also James, William,
Margaret (Aucher),
Thomas, Henry		Miles Sandys Bt MP
(1563–1645)		Anne Sandys
(1570–c. 1629)
m. William Barne		George Sandys
(1578–1644)
poet		Edwin Sandys MP
(c. 1564–1608)
m. Elizabeth, dau. of
William, 3rd Baron Sandys		William Sandys
(1565–1641)
Edwin Sandys MP
(1591–1623)		Henry Sandys MP
(c. 1607–1640)		Edwin Sandys
(d. 1642)
killed in Civil War		Miles Sandys Bt
(d. 1654)		Anne Barne
(1587–1633)
m(1) William Lovelace
m(2) Jonathan Browne		Henry Sandys
5th Baron Sandys
(d. 1644)
killed in Civil War
m. Jane, dau. of
William Sandys		Miles Sandys MP
(c. 1601–1636)		William Sandys MP
(c. 1607–1669)
"Waterworks"
Samuel Sandys MP
(1615–1685)		Richard Sandys
(d. 1669)		Richard Lovelace
(1617–1657)
poet		Francis Lovelace
(c. 1621–1675)
Govr. of New York		William, 6th Baron
Henry, 7th Baron
Edwin, 8th Baron
Baronet, 1684
Samuel Sandys MP
(c. 1637–1701)		Richard Sandys Bt
(1670–1726)		James Madison
U.S. President
Edwin Sandys MP
(1659–1699)
Baron Sandys, 1743
Samuel Sandys
1st Baron Sandys
(1695–1770)
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Edwin Sandys
2nd Baron Sandys
(1726–1797)		Martin Sandys
(1729–1768)
Baron Sandys, 1802
Mary Sandys
1st Baroness Sandys
(1764–1836)
m. Arthur Hill, 2nd
Marquess of Downshire
Marquesses of Downshire
Barons Sandys

Disambiguation pages: Edwin Sandys · Henry Sandys · Miles Sandys · Samuel Sandys
See also: Marquesses of Downshire family tree


References

  1. ^ "SANDYS, Sir Miles (c.1601-1636), of Brimpsfield, Glos". History of Parliament. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  2. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Sandyes, (Sir) Miles" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1714. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. Debrett, John (1815). Debrett's Baronetage of England. Vol. 2 (3rd ed.). p. 1252. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  4. Engel, William E.; Loughnane, Rory; Williams, Grant, eds. (2016). "Miles Sandys: Prudence (1634)". The Memory Arts in Renaissance England: A Critical Anthology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 131 ff. ISBN 9781107086814. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
Parliament of England
Preceded bySir Thomas Roe
Sir William Master 		Member of Parliament for Cirencester
1625–1626
With: Henry Poole 		Succeeded bySir Neville Poole
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