Family and Education
b. 28 Jan. 1798, 3rd s. of Arthur, 2nd marq. of Downshire (d. 7 Sept. 1801), and Mary, 1st baroness Sandys, of Ombersley; bro. of Lord Arthur Moyses Hill MP, and Lord George Hill MP. educ. Eton 1811; Edinburgh Univ. m. 12 Apr. 1837, Louisa, yst. da. of Joseph Blake, of Gloucester Place, London, 4s. 6da. suc. bro. as 3rd bar. Sandys 16 July 1860, assumed name of Sandys by roy. lic. 11 Feb. 1861. d. 10 Apr. 1863.
Offices Held
PC 23 June 1841
Comptroller of the queen’s household 23 June – 10 Sept. 1841, 6 July 1846 – 23 July 1847; treasurer of the household, 23 July 1847–21 Feb. 1852.
Attaché embassy at Madrid, 1816; précis writer foreign office, 1816 – 22; attaché embassy at Verona 1822, and Paris 1823 – 24; under-sec. legation to court of Tuscany, 1824; special sec. embassy to Brazil at Rio de Janeiro 1825 – 26; special embassy at St. Petersburg, 1827–8.
Knt. commdr. royal Portuguese military order of the Tower and Sword 1828.
Dep. lt. Oxon. 1834.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: 2 Chesham Street, Belgrave Square, London, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1832-1868
Clubs
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion