Sir Edwin Sandys

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English politician Member of Parliament of England colonial administrator human

Sir Edwin Sandys was an English statesman and parliamentarian who played a key role in early English colonization efforts, particularly in shaping the policies and governance of the Virginia colony.

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Label	Occurrences
Edwin Sandys	2
Sir Edwin Sandys canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English politician ⓘ Member of Parliament of England ⓘ colonial administrator ⓘ human ⓘ
advocatedFor	greater self-government for English colonies ⓘ reforms in English parliamentary procedure ⓘ
associatedWith	Anglican reformist circles ⓘ early English colonization of North America ⓘ
birthDate	1561-12-09 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate	1629-10 ⓘ
educatedAt	Corpus Christi College, Oxford ⓘ Middle Temple ⓘ
era	English Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Elizabethan era Stuart period ⓘ surface form: Jacobean era
familyName	Sandys ⓘ
father	Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York ⓘ
givenName	Edwin ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Sir ⓘ
influenced	development of the House of Burgesses in Virginia ⓘ
knownFor	advocacy of representative government in English colonies ⓘ leadership in the Virginia Company of London ⓘ promotion of emigration to Virginia ⓘ shaping early governance of the Virginia colony ⓘ support for the headright system in Virginia ⓘ
memberOf	House of Commons of England ⓘ Virginia Company of London ⓘ
notableIdea	land grants to settlers as incentives ⓘ use of joint-stock companies for colonization ⓘ
notableWork	A Relation of the State of Religion ⓘ
occupation	parliamentarian ⓘ political theorist ⓘ statesman ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Worcestershire, England ⓘ surface form: Worcestershire
placeOfDeath	Northbourne, Kent ⓘ
politicalAlignment	opponent of absolute monarchy ⓘ
positionHeld	Member of Parliament for Andover ⓘ Member of Parliament for Kent ⓘ Member of Parliament for Penryn ⓘ Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle ⓘ Member of Parliament for Rochester ⓘ Member of Parliament for Sandwich ⓘ Treasurer of the Virginia Company of London ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Church of England ⓘ
sibling	Sir Miles Sandys ⓘ Sir Samuel Sandys ⓘ
travelledTo	Europe ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Virginia Company of London → notableLeader → Sir Edwin Sandys ⓘ

Hawkshead Grammar School → foundedBy → Sir Edwin Sandys ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edwin Sandys

Sandys Parish → namedAfter → Sir Edwin Sandys ⓘ

Council of Regency for Edward VI → hasMember → Sir Edwin Sandys ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edwin Sandys