George John Sandys

George John Sandys (23 September 1875 - 3 September 1937) was a British diplomat and Conservative politician.

Sandys was educated at Clifton College and Pembroke College, Oxford.^[1] He served in the South African War (1899 - 1901) and in the British Expeditionary Force in the First World War, during which he was wounded. He was Member of Parliament for Wells from 1910 to 1918. He later joined the diplomatic service (1921-1925). He died in Antibes, France.^[2]

His son Duncan Sandys became a member of parliament and cabinet minister, and his granddaughter Laura Sandys, also a Conservative politician, was elected to represent South Thanet in 2010.

References

^ Who Was Who
^ Larry L. Witherell, Rebel on the Right: Henry Page Croft and the Crisis of British Conservatism, University of Delaware Press (1997), page 264.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George John Sandys

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Ball Silcock	Member of Parliament for Wells 1910–1918	Succeeded by Harry Greer

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Name	Sandys, George John
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Date of birth	23 September 1875
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Date of death	3 September 1937
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