Samuel Sandys (Royalist)

Sir Samuel Sandys (15 June 1615 – 5 April 1685) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1685.

Sandys was the son of Sir Edwin Sandys MP and his wife Penelope Bulkeley, daughter of Sir Richard Bulkeley MP.

He was grandson of Sir Samuel Sandys MP, who had represented Worcestershire in parliament in the time of King James I.

[2] Colonel Sandys was made governor of Evesham in 1642 and commanded a troop of horse at the action at Wickfield and at the Battle of Edgehill.

In 1661 he was elected MP for Worcestershire in the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1681.