William Sandover (21 September 1822 – 5 March 1909) was a British hotelier and politician in

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, the father of

Alfred Sandover Alfred Sandover M.B.E. (24 November 1866 – 4 May 1958), was a British-Australian hardware merchant and philanthropist born in Plymouth, England, the youngest of five children. Graduating from North Adelaide Grammar School in 1881, he came to Pe ...

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and great grandfather of

Raymond Sandover Raymond Ladais Sandover, (28 March 1910 – 12 August 1995) was a brigadier in the Australian Army. During the Second World War, he commanded the 2/11th Battalion from 1941 to 1943 and the 6th Australian Infantry Brigade between 1943 and 1945. ...

DSO, ED.

History

He was born in

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, Devon, England, on 21 September 1822, and spent most of his youth in London. He emigrated to South Australia on the ''Glenelg'', arriving on 13 February 1849; William Morgan was a fellow-passenger. He joined the gold rush to Victoria and was moderately successful, and on his return took up hotel keeping. In March 1854 William Sandover was granted the publican's licence for the Sturt Hotel, Grenfell Street, which was destroyed by fire some 18 months later. He retired twelve years later, and apart from parliamentary duties and three trips to England (on one of these visits, taken aboard the ''City of London'', son Alfred was born), lived quietly at his home "Rosslyn" in Rose Park.

Politics

In April 1868 he was elected to the seat of

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in the Legislative Assembly, with Alexander Hay as colleague. He did not stand at the following election in 1870, but in September 1873 won the vacant seat on the Legislative Council caused by the death of

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. This was in the days when Legislative Council seats were voted for by the entire colony as a single electorate "The Province". He did not seek reelection at the end of his term in 1885.

Family

William Sandover (c. 1821 – 5 March 1909) married Mary Billing Bate (3 August 1823 – 19 August 1913) on 23 January 1854; they lived in Angas Street, Adelaide, later "Rosslyn", Rose Park. Among their five children were: *William Sandover Jr. (19 July 1856 – 23 May 1921) was a student at AEI, founded WA hardware merchants W. Sandover & Co., married Bertha Jewell (died 6 March 1895) on 20 December 1882. They left WA for England, where Bertha died. He married again, to Constance Atherton on 20 February 1896 and lived in

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, England. He became the Mayor of the Municipal Borough of Richmond in 1905 and was also a member of

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. The grandfather of

, he died while returning from a visit to WA and SA, and was buried at sea. *Ellen Sandover (1861 – 24 July 1945) married Robert Henry Kay of 12 Portrush Road Marryatville on 4 August 1893 *Elizabeth Sandover (1864 – 11 October 1940) educated at Mme. Marval's school, lived at Rose Park. *

(24 November 1866 – 4 May 1958), partner and managing director WA hardware merchants W. Sandover & Co., philanthropist remembered as donor of

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. His sister Louisa died 26 January 1877 aged 56 years

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sandover, William Australian hoteliers Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Members of the South Australian Legislative Council 1822 births 1909 deaths 19th-century Australian politicians 19th-century Australian businesspeople