George Sandford
George Montagu Warren Sandford was a British Conservative Party politician. He adopted the surname Sandford in lieu of Peacocke in 1866.
Sandford was the eldest son of George Peacocke, of Dawlish, Devon, and his second wife, Jemima Durnford was elected Member of Parliament for Harwich but his election was voided on petition in the following year.
Sandford won a by-election at Maldon in August 1854 where the 1852 election had also been declared void. He was defeated in 1857, re-elected in 1859, and 1865, but defeated again when Maldon's representation was reduced to one seat in 1868. He was re-elected in 1874, and held the seat until he resigned from the House of Commons on 5 December 1878 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.
On 8 January 1866, he assumed the surname and arms of Sandford, by Royal Licence, to inherit from his grandmother, Mary Peacocke of Barntick, County Clare, heiress of the Sandford family of Sandford Court, County Kilkenny.
He resided at Reeves Hall, Essex, and Moulton Park, Northamptonshire. On 15 April 1858, he married Augusta Mary Greville, daughter of Algernon Frederick Greville. He died at his home in Mayfair.
