Sandys

Sandys

Sandys is a surname (now usually pronounced 'Sands'), and may refer to

* Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys, British Pre-Raphaelite painter.
* Duncan Sandys
* Edwin Sandys (American colonist)
* Edwin Sandys (archbishop)
* Edwina Sandys
* Frederic Sandys
* George Sandys
* John Edwin Sandys, British classical scholar
* Laura Sandys
* Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys
* William Sandys:
** William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys of the Vyne, a 16th century English diplomat
** William B. Sandys, a 19th century English antiquarian and Christmas carol collector
** William Sandys 'Waterworks Sandys' 17th century navigation entrepreneur

See also

* Baron Sandys
* Sandys Parish, Bermuda
* William John Frederick Sandys a successful entrepreneur born in 1989

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