Henry Sandys, 5th Baron Sandys

Colonel Henry Sandys, 5th Baron Sandys (died 6 April 1644), was an English nobleman and Cavalier officer in the English Civil War.

[1] Until their marriage in 1586, Sandys' parents were not related, their families having different origins: the family of Archbishop Sandys originated in Cumbria, while the Barons Sandys had their seat at The Vyne, Hampshire.

[2] Sandys married Jane, daughter of Sir William Sandys of Miserden, Gloucestershire.

They had the following children:[3] Due to the Civil War, Sandys was never summoned to Parliament as a peer.

Sandys fought on the royalist side, received a mortal wound at the Battle of Cheriton (at Bramdean near Alresford, Hampshire) on 29 March 1644, and died on 6 April.