Thomas Sandys (MP for Gatton)

Thomas Sandys (or Sands or Sandes; 1600–1658) was an English politician, MP for Gatton.

Sandys was born in 1600, the elder son of John Sandys of Leatherhead, Surrey.[1] He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, matriculating in 1617, aged 17. He became a barrister-at-law at the Middle Temple in 1625, and a bencher in 1648.[2]

In the Long Parliament elected in 1640, Sandys was elected MP for Gatton along with Sir Samuel Owfield[1] (who died in 1644 and was replaced by his son William Owfield in 1645). A rival candidate for Sandys' seat was returned by the Copley family,[1] a Mr. Sanders, who was declared not duly elected on 5 November 1641.[3]

Although Sandys supported Parliament against the King,[1] both he and William Owfield were secluded from Parliament in Pride's Purge in 1648.[4]

Sandys played no part in politics during the ascendancy of Oliver Cromwell, and died at the end of 1658.[1]

References
  1. Bastian, F. (1959). "Leatherhead Families of the 16th and 17th Centuries: III. Sands of Randalls". Proceedings of the Leatherhead & District Local History Society. 2 (3): 81. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2019.
  2. Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses: Sandes, Thomas. p. 1310. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. Cobbett, William (1807). Cobbett's Parliamentary History of England. 2. p. 620. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  4. The Parliamentary or Constitutional History of England. 18. 1755. p. 470. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
Parliament of England
Vacant
Parliament not summoned 1629–1640
 Member of Parliament for Gatton
1640–1648
With: Sir Samuel Owfield
William Owfield		 Vacant
Seat not represented in Rump Parliament


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