Patrick Sands
Male, Deceased Person
– 1635
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Who was Patrick Sands?
Patrick Sands circa 1567-1635 was the third Principal of Edinburgh University, serving from 1620 until demitting office in 1622. He was a "layman who had been unsuccessful at the bar", and was appointed as Principal by the town council in 1620, in an act seen by some as "scandalous nepotism".
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