Christopher Gandy

Christopher Thomas Gandy (1917–2009) was a British soldier, diplomat and collector of Islamic art.

He was a direct descendant of the architect Joseph Gandy and Selina Byam, painted by Thomas Gainesborough.

His younger siblings were the mathematician Robin Gandy and Gillian Gandy, a pioneer of neonatal intensive care.

[1] Gandy was a diplomat active in Yemen, Libya, and Iran from the 1940s until the 1970s.

[3] He bequeathed his collection of Islamic art to the Ashmolean Museum.