Richard Michael Oliver Hill, 7th Baron Sandys DL (21 July 1931 – 11 February 2013), was a British landowner and

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politician. Sandys was the only son of Arthur Fitzgerald Sandys Hill, 6th Baron Sandys, and his wife Cynthia Mary (née Gascoigne), and was educated at the

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. He served with the Royal Scots Greys from 1950 to 1955, achieving the rank of

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. In 1961 he succeeded his father in the barony and took his seat on the Conservative benches in the

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. He served under

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as a Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) in 1974 and was an Opposition Whip in the House of Lords from 1974 to 1979. Between 1979 and 1982, he was

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(Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords) in the first Conservative administration of

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. Apart from his political career he was also a Deputy Lieutenant of

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in 1968. Lord Sandys married Patricia, daughter of Captain Lionel Hall, in 1961. They had no children. Following the death of both Lord Sandys and his wife, the family seat of Ombersley Court was put up for sale.Savills blog:
Ombersley Court to be sold for the first time in nearly 300 years
, 25 May 2017.

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*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * *''Who's Who 2007: An Annual Biographical Dictionary''. London: A & C Black, 2007. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandys, Richard Hill, 7th Baron 1931 births 2013 deaths Conservative Party (UK) Baronesses- and Lords-in-Waiting Deputy Lieutenants of Worcestershire Royal Scots Greys officers

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Eldest sons of British hereditary barons