Sir Miles Sandys (c. 1601 – 1636) was an English politician and author, MP for Cirencester in 1625.[1]

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.[1] 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.[2]

He was knighted on 8 June 1619.[1]

On 4 November 1622 he married Mary Hanbury, daughter of Sir John Hanbury.[1] They had one daughter and three sons:[3]

  • 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.[1]

He was the author of the treatise Prudence, published in two editions in 1634, which accounts for prudence as comprising memory, understanding and providence.[4]

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
Sir Samuel Sandys MP
(1560–1623)		Sir Edwin Sandys MP
(1561–1629)		also James, William,
Margaret (Aucher),
Thomas, Henry		Sir Miles Sandys Bt MP
(1563–1645)		Anne Sandys
(1570–c. 1629)
m. Sir William Barne		George Sandys
(1578–1644)
poet		Sir Edwin Sandys MP
(c. 1564–1608)
m. Elizabeth, dau. of
William, 3rd Baron Sandys		Sir William Sandys
(1565–1641)
Sir Edwin Sandys MP
(1591–1623)		Henry Sandys MP
(c. 1607–1640)		Edwin Sandys
(d. 1642)
killed in Civil War		Sir Miles Sandys Bt
(d. 1654)		Anne Barne
(1587–1633)
m(1) Sir William Lovelace
m(2) Jonathan Browne		Henry Sandys,
5th Baron Sandys
(d. 1644)
killed in Civil War
m. Jane, dau. of
Sir William Sandys		Sir Miles Sandys MP
(c. 1601–1636)		William Sandys MP
(c. 1607–1669)
"Waterworks"
Sir Samuel Sandys MP
(1615–1685)		Sir 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)		Sir 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. 1 2 3 4 5 "SANDYS, Sir Miles (c.1601-1636), of Brimpsfield, Glos". History of Parliament. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses: Sandys, Miles. pp. 1309–1310. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  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.
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