Sandys (surname)
Sandys is a surname of Anglo-Saxon origin. It is an older spelling of Sands, and is now usually pronounced /ˈsændz/; "sands".[1]
People with the surname
- Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys, British Pre-Raphaelite painter, aka Frederic Sandys
- Capt Charles Sandys, captain of the HMS Dido
- Duncan Sandys (1908–1987), British politician
- Edwin Sandys (American colonist) (died 1629)
- Edwin Sandys (archbishop)
- Edwin Sandys (disambiguation)
- Edwin Sandys, 2nd Baron Sandys (1726–1797)
- Edwina Sandys (born 1938), British artist
- Emma Sandys (1843–1877), English painter
- Frederick Sandys, pre-Raphaelite painter
- George Sandys (1577–1644)
- George John Sandys (died 1937) British diplomat
- Venerable John Sandys (16th century), Roman Catholic priest and martyr
- John Sandys (MP), late 14th-century member of parliament for Hampshire
- John Sandys (classicist), (died 1922) British classical scholar
- Laura Sandys (born 1964), British politician
- Marcus Sandys, 3rd Baron Sandys
- Mary Sandys, 2nd Marchioness of Downshire, mother of Arthur Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire
- Sir Miles Sandys, 1st Baronet
- Nehemiah Sandys of Sandfield, High Sheriff of Roscommon (1788)
- Robert Sandys, High Sheriff of Roscommon (1683, 1685)
- Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys
- William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys of the Vyne, a 16th-century English diplomat
- William Sandys (antiquarian), a 19th-century English antiquarian and Christmas carol collector
- William Sandys 'Waterworks Sandys' 17th century navigation entrepreneur
See also
References
- ↑ Lower, Mark Antony (1860). Patronymica Britannica: A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom. J.R. Smith. p. 303. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
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