Maurice Fitzgerald Sandes (1807 - 1879)
Personal details
Person ID:
07-0170
Gender:
Male
Living:
No
Pedigree:
Notes
He was a very wealthy man having amassed a fortune in India as director of the Balijan Tea Company, he rose to the position of Registrar General of Bengal in 1858 and then Administrator General of Bengal in 1860. He purchased Oakpark estates just outside Tralee from the Bateman family. On his return from India built a new mansion there from 1857 to 1860, (later known as Collis-Sandes House, now a 100-room conference centre) as a gift to his wife at a cost of £37000 (£4.5m today).
Relationships
Marriage date:
8 January 1857
Place:
Notes:
They were married at Kiltegan, County Wicklow and had no children.
Family
Mother:
Siblings:
Robert Sandes (1813 - 1875)
Thomas Sandes (1801 - 1874)
Francis Sandes (1800 - 1839)
Margaret Sandes (1806 - 1868)
Maurice Fitzgerald Sandes (1807 - 1879)
Falkiner Caleb Arthur Chute Sandes (1816 - 1874)
Stephen Creagh Sandes (1800 - 1866)
Richard Sandes ( - 1874)
Elizabeth Sandes ( - 1835)
Anna Sandes (1814 - 1872)
William Sandes (1799 - 1867)
Thomas Sandes (1801 - 1874)
Francis Sandes (1800 - 1839)
Margaret Sandes (1806 - 1868)
Maurice Fitzgerald Sandes (1807 - 1879)
Falkiner Caleb Arthur Chute Sandes (1816 - 1874)
Stephen Creagh Sandes (1800 - 1866)
Richard Sandes ( - 1874)
Elizabeth Sandes ( - 1835)
Anna Sandes (1814 - 1872)
William Sandes (1799 - 1867)
Birth
Date:
26 September 1807
Place:
Notes:
He was born at Sallow Glen, near Tarbert, County Kerry.
Trinity College Dublin
Date:
1828
Place:
Notes:
He he took his BA in 1828 at Trinity College, Dublin.
Remembering the poor
Date:
23 December 1878
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Notes:
Maurice and his wife were featured in the newspapers for their charitable efforts towards their staff.
Death
Date:
4 March 1879
Place:
Notes:
He died at Oakpark House, Tralee, County Kerry.
Probate
Date:
3 October 1879
Place:
Notes:
Died without heirs, he left under £1,500 from his personal estate in England to Stephen Edward Collis, Falkiner Sandes Collis Sandes and James McGillycuddy Magill.
References:
Oak Park House (now Collis-Sandes house), Tralee
Image by Michael Sandes May 2013
Maurice Fitzgerald Sandes - image taken from a scan of the book "A History of Collis Sandes House" by Bernadette Walsh
Image courtesy National; Library of Ireland