Patrick Sands
Patrick Sands (c. 1567–1635[1]) was the third Principal of the University of Edinburgh, serving from 1620 until demitting office in 1622.
Life
He was educated as a member of the original class to enter the University of Edinburgh on its opening in 1583, graduating in 1587. He tutored at the University from 1589 to 1597, before travelling abroad, studying law and practising as an advocate.[2] He was a "layman who had been unsuccessful at the bar".[3]
In 1620 Henry Charteris resigned as Principal of the University, and Sands was appointed by the town council, in an act which "many thought scandalous nepotism"[3] – Sands was the brother-in-law of David Aikinhead, a prominent councillor and future Lord Provost.[2] The Principal had previously doubled as Professor of Divinity, but as Sands was not a theologian, Andrew Ramsay was separately appointed Professor of Divinity and Rector.[4] He was Principal from March 1620 until his resignation in August 1622.[5]
From 1620 until 1622 he was "second charge" to Old Greyfriars alongside Andrew Ramsay in first charge.[6]
He resigned from all posts in 1622 and died in 1635.
Family
In 1606 he married Marion Aikinhead sister of David Aikinhead the Lord Provost of Edinburgh.[7]
Notes
- ^ "Old Greyfriars P". Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2006.
- ^ a b "Patrick Sands (c1567-1635)". University of Edinburgh: Our History. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ a b Kerr, John (2014). Scottish Education: School and University. Cambridge University Press. p. 152. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Separation of Roles of Principal and Professor of Divinity, 1620". University of Edinburgh: Our History. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; vol. 7; by Hew Scott
- ^ Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; vol. 1; by Hew Scott
- ^ Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; by Hew Scott
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Principals of the University of Edinburgh
- 1586 Robert Rollock (previously Regent)
- 1599 Henry Charteris
- 1620 Patrick Sands
- 1622 Robert Boyd
- 1623 John Adamson
- 1653 Robert Leighton
- 1662 William Colvill
- 1675 Andrew Cant
- 1685 Alexander Monro
- 1690 Gilbert Rule
- 1703 William Carstares
- 1716 William Wishart (primus)
- 1730 William Hamilton
- 1732 James Smith
- 1736 William Wishart (secundus)
- 1754 John Gowdie
- 1762 William Robertson
- 1793 George Husband Baird
- 1840 John Lee
- 1859 David Brewster
- 1868 Alexander Grant
- 1885 William Muir
- 1903 William Turner
- 1916 Alfred Ewing
- 1929 Thomas Henry Holland
- 1944 John Fraser
- 1948 Edward Victor Appleton
- 1965 Michael Swann
- 1974 Hugh Robson
- 1979 John Harrison Burnett
- 1987 David Smith
- 1994 Stewart Sutherland
- 2002 Timothy O'Shea
- 2018 Peter Mathieson
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| Preceded by | Principals of Edinburgh University 1620–1622 | Succeeded by Robert Boyd |
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