Sir Miles Sandys, 1st Baronet

Sir Miles Sandys, 1st Baronet (29 March 1563 – 1645) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1629.

Biography

Sandys was the son of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York and his second wife Cecilia Wilford, daughter of Sir Thomas Wilford, of Cranbrook, Kent. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' school with his brothers Edwin and Samuel. He was knighted in 1603 at the Charterhouse. He was created baronet of Wilberton in Cambridgeshire on 25 November 1611. From 1615 to 1616 he was High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.^[1]

In 1614 Sandys was elected Member of Parliament for Cambridge University in the Addled Parliament. He was elected MP for Huntingdon in James I's 3rd Parliament (1621). In 1628 he was elected MP for Cambridgeshire in Charles I's 3rd Parliament, and sat until 1629 when King Charles I decided to rule without parliament and did so for eleven years.^[2]

His eldest son, also called Miles, succeeded him on his death.^[1]

Family

Sandys married firstly Elizabeth Cooke, daughter of Edward Cooke of North Cray, and they had seven sons and one daughter. He married secondly Mary West, a widow, at St Mary Aldermanbury, London on 28 November 1626.^[1]

References

1 2 3 George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage 1900
↑ Thrush, Andrew (2010). "Sandys, Sir Miles, 1st Bt. (1563-1645), of Wilburton Parsonage, Wilburton, Isle of Ely, Cambs.". In Thrush, Andrew; Ferris, John P. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629. Cambridge University Press.

Parliament of England
Preceded by Nicholas Steward Henry Mountlow	Member of Parliament for Cambridge University 1614 With: Sir Francis Bacon	Succeeded by Robert Naunton Barnaby Gough
Preceded by Sir Christopher Hatton Sir Miles Fleetwood	Member of Parliament for Huntingdon 1621–1622 With: Sir Henry St John	Succeeded by Sir Arthur Mainwaring Sir Henry St John
Preceded by Sir Edward Peyton, 2nd Baronet Sir John Cutts	Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire 1628–1629 With: Sir John Carleton, 1st Baronet	Succeeded by Parliament suspended until 1640
Baronetage of England
New creation	Baronet (of Wilberton) 1611–1645	Succeeded by Miles Sandys

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[Cockayne-1] 1 2 3 George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage 1900

[2] Thrush, Andrew (2010). "Sandys, Sir Miles, 1st Bt. (1563-1645), of Wilburton Parsonage, Wilburton, Isle of Ely, Cambs.". In Thrush, Andrew; Ferris, John P. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629. Cambridge University Press.