The Lord Sandys | |
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 Portrait byThomas Lawrence | |
| Treasurer of the Household | |
| In office 23 July 1847 – 21 February 1852 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Lord John Russell |
| Preceded by | Lord Robert Grosvenor |
| Succeeded by | Lord Claud Hamilton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 January 1798 (1798-01-28) |
| Died | 10 April 1863(1863-04-10) (aged 65) |
| Nationality | British |
| Party | Whig |
| Spouse | Louisa Blake (d. 1886) |
Arthur Marcus Cecil Sandys, 3rd Baron Sandys (28 January 1798 – 10 April 1863), known asLord Marcus Hill until 1860, was a BritishWhig politician.Lea & Perrins has claimed that Sandys encountered a precursor toWorcestershire sauce while in India with theEast India Company in the 1830s, and commissioned the local apothecaries to recreate it, eventually leading to its popularity in England.
Born Lord Marcus Hill, Sandys was a younger son ofArthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire, andMary, 1st Baroness Sandys, daughter of Colonel the Hon. Martin Sandys.Arthur Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire, was his elder brother.
Sandys wasMember of Parliament forNewry from 1832 to 1835 and forEvesham from 1838 to 1852. He served asComptroller of the Household underLord Melbourne in 1841 and underLord John Russell between 1846 and 1847 and asTreasurer of the Household under Russell between 1847 and 1852. In 1860 he succeeded his elder brother as third Baron Sandys. The following year he assumed by royal licence the surname of Sandys in lieu of Hill.
Lord Sandys married Louisa, daughter of Joseph Blake, in 1837. He died in April 1863, aged 65, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Augustus. Lady Sandys died in April 1886.
He was a godfather toArthur Cheek, "the young martyr of Allahabad", who was given the forenames Arthur Marcus Hill in his honour.[1]
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forNewry 1832–1835 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forEvesham 1838–1852 With:George Rushout-Bowles 1838–1841 Peter Borthwick 1841–1847 Sir Henry Willoughby, Bt 1847–1852 | Succeeded by |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Comptroller of the Household 1841 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Comptroller of the Household 1846–1847 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Treasurer of the Household 1847–1852 | Succeeded by |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by | Baron Sandys 1860–1863 | Succeeded by Augustus Sandys |