William Robertson Sandbach

Profile & Legacies Summary

7^th Mar 1813 - 25^th Sep 1891

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Son of Samuel Sandbach (1769-1851) (q.v.), partner in Sandbach Tinne (q.v.) from November 1833 and brother of Henry Robertson Sandbach (q.v.).

Born 07/03/1813, son of Samuel Sandbach and his wife Elizabeth nee Robertson.
Married Hester Willink 09/05/1837. 1871 census aged 58 JP living Princes Gate Knightsbridge with wife Sarah Maria [van Capallen] aged 60; death registered Q3 1891 aged 78 St Georges Hanover Square; Death 25/09/1891, will proven 20/10/1891, effects (resworn February 1892) £320,507 19s.

Sources

T71/886 British Guiana claim no. 1296.

Genealogy of the families of Douglas of Mulderg and Robertson of Kindeace (1895) p. 32; available within the wider family tree at Rootsweb WorldConnect Project 'The Last Knight'.
Ancestry.com, England & Wales Marriages 1538-1980 [database online]; 1871 census online; FreeUKGen, England and Wales Free BMD Database, Deaths, 1837-1983 [database online]; National Probate Calendar 1891 and 1892.

We are grateful to Clif Knight for his assistance with compiling this entry.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Name in compensation records

Wm. Robertson Sandbach

Spouse

(1) Hester Willink (1837); (2) Sarah Maria

Children

d.s.p.

Will

Will of William Robertson Sandbach of Prince's Gate Hyde Park who died 25/9/1891 proved 20/11/1891 by Alfred Trail Parker and Gilbert Robertson Sandbach merchants nephews and executors. Effects £320,257 19s; resworn February 1892 £320,507 19s. Double probate. Probate granted 12/9/1892 to Henry Robertson Sandbach, former grant October 1891.

Wealth at death

£320,507 19S