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Baron Sandys. Baron Sandys ( / sændz /) is a title that has been created three times, once in the Peerage of England, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . The first creation, as Baron Sandys, of The Vyne, in Hampshire, was in the Peerage of England in 1523 for William Sandys, the favourite of ...
Jun 2, 2012 · William Sandys, 1st/6th Baron Sandys was born circa 1626.1 He was the son of Colonel Henry Sandys. He married Lady Mary Cecil, daughter of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury and Lady Catherine Howard.1 He died from 12 March 1667/68 to 16 January 1668/69.1. He gained the title of 6th Baron Sandys. He gained the title of 1st Baron Sandys.
The Sandys Baronetcy, of Northborne in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of England on 15 December 1684 for the fourteen-year-old Richard Sandys. He was the grandson of Edwin Sandys, of Northbourne Court, a colonel in the parliamentary army, elder son of Sir Edwin Sandys , second son of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York, and ...
William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys (1470 – 4 December 1540), KG, of The Vyne in the parish of Sherborne St John, Hampshire, was an English diplomat, and a favourite of King Henry VIII, whom he served as Lord Chamberlain.
He went on the expedition of 1522, and on 27 April 1523 he was created Baron Sandys by patent. In 1523 he was sent home to give an account of the sufferings of the soldiers. In 1524 he took part with Fox in the foundation of the Guild of the Holy Ghost at Basingstoke. On 15 April 1526 the Earl of Worcester died, and Sandys, who had the ...
The Sandys Ombersley archive. During their respective lifetimes, the 6th and 7th Baron Sandys consigned much early archive material from their family home, Ombersley Court to Worcestershire Record Office. It is available for inspection at The Hive, Worcester. Since the 7th Baron’s death in 2013, the residual archive has been removed from The ...
Sandys also continued to serve as a soldier and diplomat, taking part in the French expedition (1513) and participating in the Field of the Cloth of Gold (1520). He was made treasurer of Calais (1517) and, most significantly, he was created Baron Sandys in 1523 for his services.
