Edward Ayshford Sanford FRS (23 May 1794 – 1 December 1871) was a British Member of Parliament.
He was the only son of William Ayshford Sanford of Nynehead and Lynton, Devon and educated at Eton College (1808–13) and Brasenose College, Oxford.
[1] He died in 1871, leaving his estates to his eldest son, William Ayshford Sanford.
He had married twice: firstly Henrietta, the daughter of Sir William Langham, 8th Baronet, of Cottesbrooke, Northamptonshire, with whom he had 5 sons (2 of whom predeceased him) and 2 daughters and secondly Lady Caroline Anna Stanhope, the daughter of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington.
His son William was Colonial Secretary of Western Australia (1852–55).