Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys

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The Right Honourable The Lord Sandys PC


Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 12 February 1742 – 12 December 1743
Monarch	George II
Prime Minister	The Earl of Wilmington Hon. Henry Pelham
Preceded by	Sir Robert Walpole
Succeeded by	Hon. Henry Pelham
Personal details
Born	(1695-08-10)10 August 1695
Died	21 April 1770(1770-04-21) (aged 74) Highgate Hill
Nationality	British
Political party	Whig
Spouse(s)	Letitia Tipping

Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys, PC (10 August 1695 – 21 April 1770) was a British politician in the 18th century. He held numerous posts in the government of the United Kingdom, namely Chancellor of the Exchequer, Leader of the House of Commons, Cofferer of the Household and First Lord of Trade. He was also a Justice in Eyre and Member of Parliament for Worcester and holder of the Sandys Barony. He was the son of Edwin Sandys, MP of Ombersley, Worcestershire – himself a descendant of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York. Baron Sandys married Letitia, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Sir Thomas Tipping, 1st Baronet. They had seven sons and the eldest, Edwin, inherited his title upon his death when his post chaise overturned on Highgate Hill.

Family

Edwin Sandys (28 April 1726 - 11 March 1797), 2nd Baron Sandys christened 14 May 1726 Ombersley, Worcs.
Martin Sandys (c. November 1726 - 26 December 1768), christened 24 November 1726 Ombersley, Worcs. Daughter Mary inherited the estates upon the 2nd Baron's death in 1797 and was granted the Barony with a special remainder to her younger sons in 1802.

References

Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). "Sandys, Samuel". Dictionary of National Biography 50. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Bibliography

Cokayne, George E. (1896). "Sandys of Ombersley". Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. VII, S to T. George Bell & Sons. p. 54.
Hanham, A. A. "Sandys, Samuel, first Baron Sandys of Ombersley (1695-1770)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24652. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Horn, David Bayne; Ransome, Mary (1996). English Historical Documents 1714-1783. Volume 7. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-14372-1.

External links

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Samuel Swift Thomas Wylde	Member of Parliament for Worcester 1718–1743 With: Thomas Wylde 1718–1727 Sir Richard Lane 1727–1734 Richard Lockwood 1734–1740 Thomas Winnington 1741–1743	Succeeded by Thomas Winnington Sir Henry Harpur, Bt
Political offices
Preceded by Sir Robert Walpole	Chancellor of the Exchequer 1742 – 1743	Succeeded by Henry Pelham
Preceded by Sir Robert Walpole	Leader of the House of Commons 1742 – 1743	Succeeded by Henry Pelham
Preceded by Thomas Winnington	Cofferer of the Household 1744	Succeeded by Edmund Waller
Preceded by The Earl of Halifax	First Lord of Trade 1761–1763	Succeeded by Charles Townshend
Legal offices
Preceded by The Duke of Leeds	Justice in Eyre south of Trent 1756	Succeeded by The Earl of Breadalbane
Preceded by The Lord Edgcumbe	Justice in Eyre north of Trent 1759–1761	Succeeded by The Duke of Leeds
Peerage of Great Britain
New creation	Baron Sandys 1743–1770	Succeeded by Edwin Sandys

Chancellors of the Exchequer

of England	Eustace of Fauconberg Maunsell Leicestre Westminster Giffard de la Leye Willoughby Benstead Sandale Hotham Stanton Harvington Wodehouse Stratford Ashby Ashton Somerset Browne Witham Thwaites Witham Fowler Catesby Lovell Berners Cromwell Baker Sackville Mildmay Fortescue Dunbar Caesar Greville Portland Barrett Cottington Colepeper Hyde Ashley Duncombe Ernle Delamer Hampden Montagu Smith Boyle

of Great Britain	Boyle Smith Harley Benson Wyndham Onslow Walpole Stanhope Aislabie Pratt Walpole Sandys Pelham Lee Bilson-Legge Lyttelton Bilson-Legge Mansfield Bilson-Legge Barrington Dashwood Grenville Dowdeswell Townshend North Cavendish Pitt Cavendish Pitt Addington Pitt Petty Perceval Vansittart

of the United Kingdom	Vansittart Robinson Canning Tenterden Herries Goulburn Althorp Denman Peel Spring Rice Baring Goulburn Wood Disraeli Gladstone Lewis Disraeli Gladstone Disraeli Hunt Lowe Gladstone Northcote Gladstone Childers Hicks Beach Harcourt R Churchill Goschen Harcourt Hicks Beach Ritchie A Chamberlain Asquith Lloyd George McKenna Bonar Law A Chamberlain Horne Baldwin N Chamberlain Snowden W Churchill Snowden N Chamberlain Simon Wood Anderson Dalton Cripps Gaitskell Butler Macmillan Thorneycroft Heathcoat-Amory Lloyd Maudling Callaghan Jenkins Macleod Barber Healey Howe Lawson Major Lamont Clarke Brown Darling Osborne

Leaders of the House of Commons

Walpole Sandys Pelham Robinson H Fox Pitt the Elder Vacant (caretaker ministry) Pitt the Elder Grenville H Fox Grenville Conway North C Fox Townshend (C Fox/North) Pitt the Younger Addington Pitt the Younger C Fox Howick Perceval Castlereagh Canning Huskisson Peel Althorp Peel Russell Disraeli Russell Palmerston Disraeli Palmerston Gladstone Disraeli Gladstone Northcote Gladstone Hicks-Beach Gladstone R Churchill Smith Balfour Gladstone Harcourt Balfour Campbell-Bannerman Asquith Bonar Law A Chamberlain Bonar Law Baldwin MacDonald Baldwin MacDonald Baldwin MacDonald Baldwin N Chamberlain W Churchill Cripps Eden Morrison Chuter Ede Crookshank Butler Macleod Lloyd Bowden Crossman Peart Whitelaw Carr Prior Short Foot St John-Stevas Pym Biffen Wakeham Howe MacGregor Newton Taylor Beckett Cook Reid Hain Hoon Straw Harman Young Lansley Hague Grayling

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