Background
Sandys was the eldest surviving son of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York, and the brother of Edwin Sandys.
Sandys was the eldest surviving son of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York, and the brother of Edwin Sandys.
He was educated at the Middle Temple in 1579.
He succeeded to the property of his father in 1588. In about 1596 he acquired a large amount of property in Worcestershire and resettled at Ombersley. From about 1600 he was Justice of the Peace for Worcestershire and was knighted in 1603.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Worcestershire in a by-election in 1609.
In 1614 he was re-elected Member of Parliament for Worcestershire. He was High Sheriff of Worcestershire from 1618 to 1619.
In 1621 he was re-elected Member of Parliament for Worcestershire. Sandys died at the age of 62 and was buried at Wickhamford, Worcestershire.
Sandys married Mercy Culpepper, daughter of Martin Culpepper of Worcestershire at Southwell, Nottinghamshire in 1586.
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In 1586, he was elected Member of Parliament for Ripon. In 1612 he was a member of the council for Virginia. He was a member of the council in the marches of Wales in 1623.