Maurice Fitzgerald Sandes (1807 - 1879)

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Person ID:
07-0170
Gender:
Male
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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).