Henry Sandys, 5th Baron Sandys
Colonel Henry Sandys, 5th Baron Sandys, 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 Sandys and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of William, 3rd Baron Sandys of The Vyne. 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.
Sandys married Jane, daughter of Sir William Sandys of Miserden, Gloucestershire. They had the following children:
- William Sandys, 6th Baron Sandys
- Henry Sandys, 7th Baron Sandys
- Miles Sandys
- Edwin Sandys, 8th Baron Sandys
- Hester Sandys, married Humphrey Noy, son of William Noy, Attorney General
- Alathea Sandys, married Francis Goston
- Mary Sandys, married Dr. Henry Savage, Master of Balliol College, Oxford
- Jane Sandys, married John Harris
- Margaret Sandys, married Sir John Mill
- Margery Sandys, married Sir Edmund Fortescue