William Sandover
William Sandover (ca.1822 – 5 March 1909) was a hotelier and politician in South Australia and father of Alfred Sandover MBE.
History
He was born in Devonshire, England, in 1822 or 1823, 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.[1]
Politics
In April 1868 he was elected to the seat of Gumeracha 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 John Bentham Neales. 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
Sandover 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, Jnr (student AEI 1864–1870) married Bertha (died 6 March 1895) He married again, in England, to Constance Atherton on 20 February 1896
- A daughter married R. H. Kay
- Elizabeth Sandover (died 11 October 1940) educated at Mme. Marval's school, lived at Rose Park.
- Alfred Sandover (24 November 1866 – 4 May 1958), Western Australian hardware merchant and philanthropist.
His sister Louisa died 26 January 1877 aged 56 years
References
- ↑ "Personal". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 8 March 1909. p. 6. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- Mills, Jenny (2002). "Sandover, Alfred (1866 - 1958)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2007-10-08.