George Sandys (politician)

Captain George John Sandys (/ˈsændz/; 23 September 1875 – 3 September 1937) was a British diplomat and Conservative politician.

George Sandys
Member of Parliament
for Wells
In office
15 January 1910 – 14 December 1918
Prime MinisterH. H. Asquith
Preceded byThomas Ball Silcock
Succeeded byHarry Greer
Personal details
Born(1875-09-23)23 September 1875
Slade House, Stroud, Gloucestershire
Died3 September 1937(1937-09-03) (aged 61)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Mildred Helen Cameron
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(m. 1905; div. 1921)​
RelationsLaura Sandys (granddaughter)
Edwina Sandys (granddaughter)
ChildrenDuncan Sandys (b. 1908)
ParentJames Sandys (father)
Alma materClifton College
Pembroke College, Oxford
ProfessionDiplomat
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/service British Army
RankLieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)
Unit5th Dragoon Guards
Battles/warsSouth African War

Early life

Sandys was the son of James Sandys, of Slade House, Stroud, Gloucestershire, and was educated at Clifton College and Pembroke College, Oxford.[1]

Military career

He was commissioned as a second lieutenant and served with the Glamorgan Yeomanry in the Second Boer War from 1899, then transferred to the regular army when he became a second lieutenant in the 5th Dragoon Guards on 15 August 1900, receiving a promotion to lieutenant on 28 August 1901 while still in South Africa.[2] After the end of the war he transferred to the 2nd Life Guards in November 1902,[3] leaving the army in 1905. He rejoined to serve in the British Expeditionary Force in the First World War and was wounded at Ypres.[4]

Parliamentary and diplomatic career

Sandys was a Member of Parliament for Wells from 1910 to 1918. He later joined the diplomatic service, serving as an Honorary Attaché in the British Legation in Bern (1921–22) and Paris (1922-25).[1]

Personal life

He married Mildred Helen, née Cameron, daughter of Duncan Cameron, of Canterbury, New Zealand in 1905.[5] They had one child, a son Duncan Sandys.[4] Duncan became a member of parliament and cabinet minister, and Duncan's daughter Laura Sandys, also a Conservative politician, was elected to represent South Thanet in 2010.[6] Sandys divorced Mildred in January 1921.[5][7]

Death

He died in Antibes, France.[8]

References
  1. SANDYS, Captain George John’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008
  2. "No. 27365". The London Gazette. 15 October 1901. p. 6711.
  3. "No. 27494". The London Gazette. 11 November 1902. p. 7167.
  4. Ludlow, N. Piers (2004). "Sandys, (Edwin) Duncan, Baron Duncan-Sandys (1908–1987)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39858. ISBN 9780198614128. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) (subscription may be required or content may be available in libraries)
  5. "Politician divorced". The Argus. Melbourne, Victoria. 14 January 1921. Retrieved 10 August 2018. LONDON, Jan. 13. Mrs. Mildred Helen Sandys, who is a daughter of the late Mr. Duncan Cameron, of Springfield, Canterbury, New Zealand, has obtained a decree divorce against her husband, Mr. George John Sandys, who was member of the House of Commons for the Wells division of Somerset from 1910 to 1918 on the ground of the respondent's misconduct. Mr. Sandys served with the Guards in the South African and European wars. He was married in 1905, and has one son.
  6. "Laura Jane Sandys (I6193)". stanford.edu. Stanford University. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  7. "Former M.P. for Wells Divorced". Gloucester Citizen. Gloucestershire, England. 13 January 1921.
  8. Larry L. Witherell, Rebel on the Right: Henry Page Croft and the Crisis of British Conservatism, University of Delaware Press (1997), page 264.
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