ColonelHenry Sandys, 5th Baron Sandys (died 6 April 1644), was an English nobleman and
Cavalier officer in the
English Civil War.
Sandys was the third and youngest, but only surviving, son of
Sir Edwin SandysMP (eldest son of
Miles SandysMP and nephew of
Edwin Sandys,
Archbishop of York) and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of
William, 3rd Baron Sandys of The Vyne.[1] Until their marriage in 1586, Sandys' parents were not related, their families having different origins: the family of Archbishop Sandys originated in Cumbria, while the Barons Sandys had their seat at
The Vyne, Hampshire.[2]
Sandys married Jane, daughter of Sir William Sandys of
Miserden, Gloucestershire. They had the following children:[3]
Due to the Civil War, Sandys was never summoned to Parliament as a peer. Sandys fought on the royalist side, received a mortal wound at the
Battle of Cheriton (at
Bramdean near
Alresford, Hampshire) on 29 March 1644, and died on 6 April.[2][3]