(created Earl of Bath that year) brokered a deal with the Court, without consulting opposition parties. The new ministry led by Lord Wilmington was a continuation of Walpole's ministry with few personnel changes, but with Sandys appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Sir John Rushout and Phillips Gybbon appointed Lords of the Treasury. Pulteney and Sandys supported the appointment of a secret committee to investigate Walpole's conduct in office; Sandys was elected a member of the committee. They opposed the repeal of the Septennial Act 1716, and objected to the rejection by the Lords of the Indemnification Bill to recompense witnesses against Walpole. In December 1742 Sandys opposed a Place Bill (to limit the capacity of parliamentarians to hold other paid positions, especially in the military), although he had proposed several such bills when in opposition. Wilmington died in July 1743, succeeded as First Lord of the Treasury by Henry Pelham. On 12 December 1743, Pelham took the Chancellorship himself. Later career Sandys was compensated with a peerage, being created Baron Sandys on 20 December 1743, and appointed as Cofferer of the Household. He later held office as Speaker of the House of Lords in the Pitt–Devonshire ministry (November 1756 – July 1757), and as First Lord of Trade under Lords Newcastle and Bute (March 1761 – February 1763). Sandys died on 21 April 1770, from injuries sustained when his post chaise overturned on Highgate Hill. Family On 9 June 1725 Sandys married Letitia, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Sir Thomas Tipping and his wife Anne Cheke. They had seven sons and three daughters: Edwin Sandys (28 April 1726 – 11 March 1797), MP, succeeded as the 2nd Baron Sandys in 1770 Cheek Sandys (1727–1737) Thomas Sandys (born 30 September 1728, London, died in infancy) Martin Sandys (baptised 24 November 1729, Ombersley – 26 December 1768), Colonel, Equerry to the Duke of Cumberland Martin's daughter Mary (wife of Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire) inherited the Ombersley estates upon the 2nd Baron's death in 1797, and was granted a new Sandys barony in 1802. Letitia Sandys (baptised 25 August 1731, Ombersley – 10 January 1784) William Sandys (baptised 5 August 1732, Ombersley – 31 October 1749) Anne Sandys (born 10 January 1734 – 1797) married Christopher Bethell John Sandys (baptised 31 October 1735, Ombersley – 1758), soldier, died in Germany Katherine Sandys (baptised 25 September 1736, died in infancy) Henry