Marcus Sandys, 3rd Baron Sandys

Arthur Marcus Cecil Sandys, 3rd Baron Sandys (28 January 1798 – 10 April 1863), known as Lord Marcus Hill until 1860, was a British Whig politician. Lea & Perrins has claimed that Sandys encountered a precursor to Worcestershire sauce while in India with the East India Company in the 1830s, and commissioned the local apothecaries to recreate it, eventually leading to its popularity in England.

The Right Honourable The Lord Sandys
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 (1863-04-11) (aged 65)
Nationality	British
Political party	Whig
Spouse	Louisa Blake (d. 1886)

Background

Born Lord Marcus Hill, Sandys was a younger son of Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire, and Mary, 1st Baroness Sandys, daughter of Colonel the Hon. Martin Sandys. Arthur Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire, was his elder brother.

Political career

Ombersley Court, seat of the Barons Sandys

Sandys was Member of Parliament for Newry from 1832 to 1835 and for Evesham from 1838 to 1852. He served as Comptroller of the Household under Lord Melbourne in 1841 and under Lord John Russell between 1846 and 1847 and as Treasurer 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.

Family

Saint Andrew's church, Ombersley: memorial on Arthur Marcus Cecil Sandys, Lord Sandys (1798–1863)

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 to Arthur Cheek, "the young martyr of Allahabad", who was given the forenames Arthur Marcus Hill in his honour.^[1]

Arms

Coat of arms of Marcus Sandys, 3rd Baron Sandys

Crest 1st: a Griffin segreant per fess Or and Gules (Sandys); 2nd: a Reindeer's Head couped at the neck Gules attired and plain collared Or (Hill) Escutcheon Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Or a Fess dancetty between three Cross Crosslets fitchy Gules (Sandys); 2nd and 3rd, Sable on a Fess Argent between three Leopards passant guardant Or spotted of the field as many Escallops Gules (Hill) Supporters On either side a Griffin wings elevated per fess Or and Gules gorged with a Collar dancetty of the last Motto Probum Non Paenitet (The honest man has not to repent)[2]